Alteration of peripheral blood lymphocyte subsets in acute pancreatitis

Table 5 Serum concentration of cytokines produced by Th2 lymphocyte subpopulation in patients with AP

		Control	Days
			1	2	3	5	10
IL-4	6.0 ± 5.8	M-AP	164 ± 57a	133 ± 60a	79 ± 34a	82 ± 43a	60 ± 33a
(ng/L)		S-AP	198 ± 74ac	175 ± 68ac	92 ± 42ac	94 ± 45ac	72 ± 35ac
IL-5	5.2 ± 4.9	M-AP	19 ± 9a	29 ± 9a	17 ± 7a	52 ± 23ac	4 ± 3
(ng/L)		S-AP	23 ± 7a	40 ± 12ac	18 ± 7a	39 ± 19ac	3 ± 3
IL-10	1.4 ± 1.6	M-AP	40 ± 27a	50 ± 33a	49 ± 27a	32 ± 19a	39 ± 23a
(ng/L)		S-AP	52 ± 36ac	62 ± 36ac	52 ± 36a	50 ± 36ac	47 ± 31a

^aP < 0.05 vs control;

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