Expression of Th17/Treg Cells in Peripheral Blood and Related Cytokines of Patients with Ulcerative Colitis of Different Syndrome Types and Correlation with the Disease.

Objective: To explore the expression of helper cells 17 (Th17)/regulatory cells (Treg) in peripheral blood and related cytokines of patients with different types of ulcerative colitis (UC) and analyze their correlation with the disease.

Methods: From January 2018 to December 2019, 53 patients diagnosed with UC in our hospital were selected. According to their medical syndromes, they were divided into the damp-heat internal accumulation group ( = 35) and the spleen-kidney yang deficiency group ( = 18).