Figure 2.
Figure 2. Th1/Th2, type-1/type-2 cytokine expression ratios and relevance to platelet concentration in adult chronic ITP patients. (A) Th1 cytokines (IL-2, IFN-γ) over Th2 cytokines (IL-4, IL-5) expression ratios (mean ± SEM) in controls, patients, patients with active disease, and patients in remission. Asterisks show statistical significance (*P < .05; **P < .01; ***P < .005). Unpaired 2-tail t test was used for comparison among groups. (B) Type-1 cytokines (IL-2, IFN-γ) over type-2 cytokines (IL-4, IL-5, IL-10, IL-3, IL-13) expression ratios (mean ± SEM) in controls, patients, patients with active disease, and patients in remission. Asterisks show statistical significance (*P < .05; **P < .01; ***P < .005). Unpaired 2-tail t test was used for comparison among groups. (C) Th1/Th2 cytokine expression ratio versus peripheral blood platelet concentration linear regression line (solid) with 95% confidence intervals (dotted lines) in ITP patients. r2 = 0.2515; P = .0174.

Th1/Th2, type-1/type-2 cytokine expression ratios and relevance to platelet concentration in adult chronic ITP patients. (A) Th1 cytokines (IL-2, IFN-γ) over Th2 cytokines (IL-4, IL-5) expression ratios (mean ± SEM) in controls, patients, patients with active disease, and patients in remission. Asterisks show statistical significance (*P < .05; **P < .01; ***P < .005). Unpaired 2-tail t test was used for comparison among groups. (B) Type-1 cytokines (IL-2, IFN-γ) over type-2 cytokines (IL-4, IL-5, IL-10, IL-3, IL-13) expression ratios (mean ± SEM) in controls, patients, patients with active disease, and patients in remission. Asterisks show statistical significance (*P < .05; **P < .01; ***P < .005). Unpaired 2-tail t test was used for comparison among groups. (C) Th1/Th2 cytokine expression ratio versus peripheral blood platelet concentration linear regression line (solid) with 95% confidence intervals (dotted lines) in ITP patients. r2 = 0.2515; P = .0174.

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