Research Article
Levels of Pathogenic Th17 and Th22 Cells in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Table 2
Summary of comparisons and
values of the levels of the different T cell subsets analyzed in blood samples from patients with RA and healthy controls.
| | Parameter compared (RA patients vs. controls) | Levels in RA | value |
| | Total Th17 cells (percentages) | Increased | <0.005 | | Total Th17 cells (absolute numbers) | Increased | <0.05 | | Pathogenic Th17 cells (percentages) | Increased | <0.005 | | Pathogenic Th17 cells (absolute numbers) | Increased | <0.005 | | Nonpathogenic Th17 cells (percentages) | Increased | <0.05 | | Nonpathogenic Th17 cells (absolute numbers) | Increased | <0.05 | | CXCR3+ Th22 cells (percentages) | Increased | <0.005 | | CXCR3+ Th22 cells (absolute numbers) | Increased | <0.005 | | CXCR3- Th22 cells (percentages) | Increased | <0.05 | | CXCR3- Th22 cells (absolute numbers) | Increased | <0.05 |
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