Table 4.

Concentrations of cytokines in gastric mucosa of children examined depending on inflammation stage according to Sydney System[25]

Cytokines	Fa		Hp				Fa+Hp
(pg/mg of the protein)	Antrum	Corpus	Antrum		Corpus		Antrum		Corpus
	Mild+moderate	Mild+moderate	Mild+moderate	Severe	Mild	Moderate+severe	Mild+moderate	Severe	Mild	Moderate+severe
IL-2	17.7	17.9	184.4b	38.8	77.7	150.4b	125.4b	38.3	106.7 b	98.6
IFN-γ	54.9	46.6	13.1b	24.1	17.8b	19.7b	21.9	34.3	23.1	27.1
IL-4	15.4	6.7b	62.2b	3.9a	37.6	32.7	44.3	1.7	32.1	46.4
IL-5	24.5	25.5	–	–	–	–	29.7	–	–	33
IL-8	37.5	37.5	101.2	72.9	93.6	83.1	98	108.2	71.1	118.3
IL-10	30.4	24.4	–	–	–	–	44.6	–	–	58.9
TNF-α	20.6	4.8	65.2	24.1	48.7	43.3	54.8b	24.3	49	44.8

^bP<0.01, cytokine concentrations statistically significantly different from controls. Fa, food allergy; Hp, H pylori; C, control group.