TABLE 2:

Comparison of Cytokine Gene Expressions Between the Study Groups

Cytokine	Treatment-Naïve UC Patients, Cytokine Gene Expression Fold Changea	Deep Remission UC Patients, Cytokine Gene Expression Fold Changea	Treatment-Naïve UC Patients vs Controlsb	Deep Remission vs Controlsb
IL-1β	7.88	1.33	<0.001	0.88
IL-6	15.98	1.35	<0.001	0.88
IL-12A	3.35	0.79	0.0404	0.80
IFN	6.53	0.76	0.001	0.80
IL-4	4.58	1.29	0.008	0.95
IL-5	4.18	1.15	0.07	0.98
IL-17A	33.38	0.84	<0.001	0.76
IL-23A	4.26	0.73	0.001	0.35
IL-10	4.13	1.15	<0.001	0.54
TGF- β	1.94	1.17	0.009	0.82

^aMean fold change with respect to controls.

^bAdjusted P value from the 2-tailed Student t test by Dunett post hoc.