Alteration of peripheral blood lymphocyte subsets in acute pancreatitis

Table 4 Serum concentration of cytokines produced by Th1 lymphocyte subpopulation in patients with AP

		Control	Days
			1	2	3	5	10
IL-2	6.2 ± 5.4	M-AP	20 ± 6a	18 ± 8a	18 ± 7a	12 ± 7a	8 ± 4a
(ng/L)		S-AP	21 ± 10a	24 ± 11ac	25 ± 11ac	13 ± 9a	9 ± 5a
IFN-γ	6.0 ± 5.7	M-AP	45 ± 24a	44 ± 25a	41 ± 14a	28 ± 11a	17 ± 5a
(ng/L)		S-AP	258 ± 24ac	49 ± 23a	40 ± 19a	25 ± 10a	16 ± 6a
TNF-α	1.8 ± 2.4	M-AP	2.9 ± 1.2a	2.9 ± 1.6a	1.5 ± 0.9	0.9 ± 0.7 a	1.0 ± 0.9a
(ng/L)		S-AP	3.2 ± 1.4a	3.2 ± 1.5a	1.0 ± 1.0ac	1.0 ± 0.7a	1.1 ± 0.9a

^aP < 0.05 vs control;

^cP < 0.05 vs mild AP at the same day of observation.