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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Nov 5.
Published in final edited form as: J Invest Dermatol. 2017 Apr 24;137(8):1663–1670. doi: 10.1016/j.jid.2017.04.008

Table 2.

Frequency of cytokine positivity in active and inactive morphea

Analyte Active morphea
(n = 67), n (%)
Inactive morphea
(n = 34), n (%)
Increased frequency in active disease
 CXCL9 25 (37) 3 (9)
 IL-12 22 (33) 5 (15)
 MIP-lα 18 (27) 4 (12)
 HGF 17 (25) 1 (3)
 IL-4 14 (21) 2 (6)
 TNF-α 10 (15) 0 (0)
Similar frequency in active and inactive disease
 CXCL10 32 (48) 12 (35)
 IL-2R 26 (39) 8 (24)
 IL-13 14 (21) 5 (15)
 MIP-1β 14 (21) 5 (15)
 MCP-1 14 (21) 9 (26)

Abbreviation: TNF, tumor necrosis factor.