Figure 5
From: Vitamin D deficiency and lower TGF-β/IL-17 ratio in a North Indian cohort of pemphigus vulgaris
Serum cytokine level in patients of pemphigus vulgaris vs. healthy controls. Serum cytokine levels were measured in patients of pemphigus vulgaris and healthy control by ELISA. IL-17 was higher in patients (p < .0001) as compared to healthy control, where the levels were below the detection range (8 pg/ml). Wilcoxon Signed rank test was used, assuming the theoretical median value in healthy population to be 5 pg/ml (A). TGF-β was lower in patients than healthy control, however the difference was not statistically significant (p = .2792, unpaired t test) (B).