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Table 2 Comparison of cytokines between eosinophil-dominant and plasma cell-dominant patients with CRSwNP.

From: Comparison of cytokine expression and disease severity between plasma cell-dominant and eosinophil-dominant patients in chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps

 

CRSwNP groups

 

Cytokines (Mean ± SE)

Eosinophil-dominant

(n = 20)

Plasma cell-dominant

(n = 33)

p value

IL-5

60.77 ± 5.40

50.09 ± 3.77

0.2217

IL-6

205.78 ± 26.48

293.62 ± 27.56

0.0434*

IL-13

38.04 ± 5.10

38.30 ± 3.04

0.9293

IL-17

25.35 ± 5.52

30.64 ± 4.37

0.2709

TNF-α

71.29 ± 15.63

57.42 ± 8.84

0.5509

  1. CRSwNP: chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps; IL: interleukin; TNF-α: tumor necrosis factor alpha. *p < 0.05 was considered to indicate a statistically significant difference
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Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology

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