Kuicolong-yu enema decoction retains traditional Chinese medicine enema attenuates inflammatory response ulcerative colitis through TLR4/NF-κB signaling pathway

Table 1 Characteristics of patients with ulcer colitis

Variables	Control group	Experiment group
Sample size	60	60
Male (%)	46	53
Age (yr), mean ± SD	44.7 ± 7.7	48.7 ± 7.7
Duration of illness (yr), mean ± SD	7.3 ± 2.3	8.1 ± 3.2

Table 2 Comparison of TLR4 and NF-κB expression in peripheral blood

Group	Sample size	Initial stage		One month after
		TLR4 (%)	NF-κB (ng/L)	TLR4 (%)	NF-κB (ng/L)
Experiment group	60	38.35 ± 7.5	164 ± 12.2	21.69 ± 2.79	98.24 ± 35.64
Control group	60	40.11 ± 15.3	162.73 ± 45.23	39.37 ± 4.35	163.33 ± 65.45

Table 3 Comparison of IL-6 and IL-17 expression in peripheral blood

Group	Sample size	Initial stage		One month after
		IL-6 (ng/L)	IL-17 (ng/L)	IL-6 (ng/L)	IL-17 (ng/L)
Experiment group	60	19.78 ± 12.23	13.56 ± 14.23	8.01 ± 1.02	9.08 ± 2.02
Control group	60	21.89 ± 3.24	11.36 ± 9.00	20.15 ± 2.40	12.25 ± 2.80