Table 2.
Number of interleukin positive cells in the gallbladder epithelium and connective tissue of control samples.
| IL’s/ Controls |
IL-1α | IL-4 | IL-6 | IL-7 | IL-8 | IL-10 | IL-17A | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E | CT | E | CT | E | CT | E | CT | E | CT | E | CT | E | CT | |
| 1. | N | 0/+ | N | + | + | + | +++ | 0 | ++ | + | 00/+ | 0 | +++ | + |
| 2. | 0 | 0 | +++ | + | +++ | + | +++ | 0 | +++ | 0 | +++ | 0 | +++ | + |
| 3. | 0 | 0 | +++ | 0 | +++ | 0/+ | +++ | 0 | +++ | 0 | ++ | 0 | +++ | + |
| 4. | N | 00/+ | N | + | N | + | +++ | + | N | + | 0/+ | 0/+ | +++ | +/++ |
| 5. | 0 | 0 | +++ | + | +++ | + | ++ | 00/+ | 0 | 0 | +++ | 0 | +++ | + |
| 6. | N | 0 | N | + | No | No | ++ | 0 | N | + | +++ | + | +++ | + |
| 7. | N | 0 | N | + | N | + | N | 0 | N | + | N | 0/+ | +++ | + |
| Avg | 0 | 0 | +++ | + | +++ | + | ++/+++ | 0 | ++/+++ | + | ++ | 0/+ | +++ | + |
Abbreviations: IL’s—Interleukins; IL-1α—interleukin 1α; IL-4—interleukin 4; IL-6—interleukin 6; IL-7—interleukin 7; IL-8—interleukin 8; IL-10—interleukin 10; IL-17A—interleukin 17A; E—epithelium; CT—connective tissue; N—no epithelium; No—no tissue sample; Avg—average; 0—no positive cells, 00/+—a scant number of positive cells, 0/+—occasional positive cells, +—few positive cells, +/++—few to moderate number of positive cells, ++—moderate number of positive cells, ++/+++—moderate to numerous positive cells, +++—numerous positive cells in the visual field.