Role of relevant immune-modulators and cytokines in hepatocellular carcinoma and premalignant hepatic lesions

Table 4 Correlation between dendritic cell and nature killer cell count and the levels of studied cytokines in chronic active hepatitis

	IL-2	IL-12	IL-10	Active mDCs (CD1c+/CD40+)
Active NK cells (CD56+/CD161+)	r = 0.549b	r = 0.660b
	P = 0.004	P < 0.001
Active NK cells (CD56+/CD314+)	r = 0.548a			r = 0.577b
	P = 0.005			P = 0.003
Inactive NK cells (CD56+/CD158+)			r = 0.604b
			P = 0.001
Inactive mDCs (CD1c+/HLA+)			r = 0.588b
			P = 0.002

^aP < 0.05 (2-tailed);

^bP < 0.01 (2-tailed). IL: Interleukin; mDCs: Myeloid dendritic cells; NK: Natural killer.