Table 2.

Comparison of the mRNA expression levels of IL-10, IL-17, TGF-β1, and MMP-9 between the TCM and SM groups before and after treatment (mean ± SD).

Variables	Before treatment			After treatment
	TCM group (n = 35)	SM group (n = 34)	P value	TCM group (n = 35)	SM group (n = 34)	P value
IL-17	5.3 ± 8.2	4.2 ± 6.8	0.60	8.0 ± 7.6	8.8 ± 11.2	0.86
TGF-β1	196.6 ± 94.9	227.7 ± 130.5	0.32	170.2 ± 83.0	120.3 ± 60.1	0.09
MMP-9	2.5 ± 3.5	1.7 ± 3.6	0.49	2.6 ± 4.5	1.8 ± 3.3	0.66
IL-10	0.5 ± 0.3	0.5 ± 0.5	0.33	0.6 ± 0.6	0.5 ± 0.7	0.73