Gene expression (Mean (ΔCt ± SD) of selected cytokines, signaling molecules and transcription factors associated with FOXP3+Treg and iTreg cells in skin lesions and <i>M.leprae</i> stimulated PBMC respectively in leprosy patients and healthy subjects.

<p>p≤0.05 was considered as significant using Mann Whitney two tailed, non parametric test. Abbreviations: LL: lepromatous leprosy, BT: borderline tuberculoid leprosy. N: skin from normal subjects undergoing cosmetic surgery. HC: healthy household contacts. Figures in parenthesis indicate number of subjects studied. Skin:</p><p>^a BT vs LL p<0.01 to 0.001;</p><p>^b LL vs N p<0.02 to 0.01.</p><p>^c BT vs N p<0.01. PBMC:</p><p>^d LLvs HC p<0.02,</p><p>^e BT vs HC p<0.001 by two tailed Mann Whitney test.</p><p>p<0.05 was considered significant.