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Table 2 Thymic stromal lymphopoietin protein and gene expression in relation to HCV core protein and HCV RNA detection in skin tissue from chronically HCV-infected patients with and without cryoglobulinemic vasculitis and from healthy controls

From: Thymic stromal lymphopoietin in hepatitis C virus-related cryoglobulinemic vasculitis: gene expression level and protein distribution

Ā 

Skin tissue

Category

TSLP

HCV

Ā 

Protein

mRNA

(%)

Core protein

RNA

Cryoglobulinemic patients (nā€‰=ā€‰36)

33 (92)

36 (100)

Ā 

29 (81)

2 (6)

Ā 

P <0.0001

Ā Ā 

P <0.0001

Ā 

Noncryoglobulinemic patients (nā€‰=ā€‰24)

5 (21)

24 (100)

Ā 

2 (8)

0

Ā 

NS

Ā Ā 

NS

Ā 

Healthy controls (nā€‰=ā€‰10)

0

10 (100)

Ā 

0

0

  1. HCV, hepatitis C virus; NS, not significant; TSLP, thymic stromal lymphopoietin.