Effects of selenium on peripheral blood mononuclear cell membrane fluidity, interleukin-2 production and interleukin-2 receptor expression in patients with chronic hepatitis

Table 1 Influence of selenium on IL-2 and IL-2R expression (mean ± SD)

Groups	Cases	IL-2 activation(1 × 103 U/L)	IL-2R expression(%)
Normal control group	10	72.96 ± 11.36	60.58 ± 10.56
+ tBHP	10	42.12 ± 12.06b	37.05 ± 8.06b
+ Selenium + tBHP	10	53.26 ± 18.15a	52.12 ± 9.68a
Patient control group	22	40.26 ± 9.55b	31.05 ± 5.09b
Patients + selenium	23	60.32 ± 15.24c	54.06 ± 5.22c

^bP < 0.01 vs normal control group;

^aP < 0.05 vs tBHP inducing damage group;

^cP < 0.05 vs patient control group.