Research Article

Th1 and Th2 Immune Response in Chronic Hepatitis B Patients during a Long-Term Treatment with Adefovir Dipivoxil

Table 3

Th1/Th2 cytokines producing CD3+CD4+ cells in patients.

TWIL-2% CD3+CD4+IFN-γ% CD3+CD4+TNF-α% CD3+CD4+IL-4% CD3+CD4+IL-10% CD3+CD4+

TW00.6 (0–7.0)0.4 (0–9.4)0.7 (0.1–14.3)0.4 (0–6.0)0.6 (0–3.8)
TW123.9 (0.2–27.6)3.0 (0.1–48.5)8.6 (0.5–42.0)6.6 (0.4–16.3)6.5 (0.3–38.7)
TW2411.6 (1.6–37)22.5 (0.0–47.9)24.7 (4.1–76.1)17.2 (2.2–41.7)21.0 (7.9–58.1)
TW3614.7 (1.7–70.6)7.4 (1.3–31.4)22.9 (2.6–73.9)5.9 (1.2–35.7)19.7 (2.1–74.5)
TW5211.4 (1.7–36.5)19.6 (0.4–53.3)15.5 (0.6–47.0)34.4 (2.9–52.3)9.6 (1.7–35.7)
TW6510.2 (6.2–27.9)12.5 (8.5–28.5)8.1 (5.7–21.6)32.9 (9.4–42.9)7.7 (2.4–14.4)
TW787.6 (4.2–17.2)9.8 (6.4–15.0)14.9 (3.2–39.9)13.6 (7.1–32.4)9.7 (4.2–38.2)
TW9214.0 (6.0–26.7)11.9 (6.6–23.0)26.2 (12.7–42.6)21.1 (9.8–33.3)12.0 (4.2–29.4)
TW1047.4 (4.6–35.3)14.2 (5.7–27.1)10.8 (6.2–36.2)10.6 (6.2–19.6)9.4 (5.6–17.2)

*The data were expressed as median % and range.
𝑃 value for all treatment were statistically different from TW0 <.05.