Table 3.

Interleukin (IL)-17A, 6, and 10, as well as tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α (pg/mL) in 44 patients with primary Sjögren’s syndrome and 15 normal controls (NC). A –Saliva.

	IL-17A	IL-6	TNF-α	IL-10
Saliva
NC	0.3 ± 0.2	9.8 ± 2.9	6.4 ± 1.6	1.2 ± 0.5
pSS	4.4 ± 1.6	32.0 ± 10.4	29.1 ± 8.5	49.4 ± 12.7
Serum
NC	21.0 ± 3.3	41.3 ± 6.6	2.5 ± 1.4	4.3 ± 1.0
Pss	99.6 ± 25.1	180.7 ± 29.6	11.5 ± 3.1	19.8 ± 6.3

Means ± standard deviation. All differences between NC and patients are <0.001.