The Th17/Treg Immune Imbalance in Ulcerative Colitis Disease in a Chinese Han Population

• Main Authors: Yang Gong (Author), Yifan Lin (Author), Ning Zhao (Author), Xiaojuan He (Author), Aiping Lu (Author), Wei Wei (Author), Miao Jiang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective. To investigate the Th17/Treg immune balance in the ulcerative colitis (UC) patients in a Chinese Han population. Methods. Ninety UC patients and 30 healthy subjects were enrolled. The serum IL-17 and TGF-β1 levels of these participants were measured with ELISA; the percentage of Th17 and...