a decreasing trendp = 0.09
Cytokine and Forkhead box protein 3 (Foxp3) expressions in sputum The qRT-PCR showed a significant increase in IL-5 mRNA expression from 0.78 ± 0.19 to 4281 ± 2730 (p < 0.01), and a decreasing trend was observed in the expression of IFN-γ (from 7.78 ± 4.87 to 0.59 ± 0.28, p = 0.09).