Table 1.
Expression Profile of IL-4, IL-17 and CD163 in Different Grades of Hepatitis Activity in Liver Sections of Chronic Hepatitis C
| IL4 Expression | IL-17 Expression | CD163 Expression | Total n. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Negative n. (%) |
Low n. (%) | High n. (%) | Negative n. (%) | High n. (%) | High n. (%) |
Negative n. (%) | Low n. (%) |
High n. (%) |
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| Hepatitis activity | mild | 8 (53.33) | 4 (26.67) | 3 (20.0) | 5a (33.3) | 5b (33.3) | 5b (33.3) | 8a (53.3) | 3a (20.0) | 4a (26.7) | 15 |
| moderate | 5 (16.67) | 10 (33.33) | 15 (50.0) | 0a (0.0) | 10b (33.3) | 20a, b (66.7) | 13a (43.3) | 9a (30.0) | 8a (26.7) | 30 | |
| marked | 1 (6.67) | 1 (6.67) | 13 (86.66) | 0a, b (0.0) | 0b (0.0) | 15 (100) | 1a (6.7) | 2a, b (13.3) | 12b (80.0) | 15 | |
| Total | 14 (23.33) | 15 (25.0) | 31(51.67) | 5 (8.3) | 15 (25.0) | 40 (66.7) | 22 (36.7) | 14 (23.3) | 24 (40.0) | 60 | |
Each subscript letter denotes a subset of IL-17 intensity categories whose column proportions do not differ significantly from each other at the 0.05 level.