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Table 1 Individuals showing increase and decrease of serological markers before & after reaction

From: Serological responses to prednisolone treatment in leprosy reactions: study of TNF-α, antibodies to phenolic glycolipid-1, lipoarabinomanan, ceramide and S100-B

S. no

Serological markers (n = 72)

Before the event increase

After the event decrease

Range of inhibition (%)

1.

Ceramide

38 (53%)

39 (54%)

6.4 to 99.5

2.

S100

36 (50%)

48 (67%)

1.7 to 100

3.

PGL IgG

37 (51%)

35 (49%)

6.1 to 89

4.

PGL IgM

35 (49%)

32 (44%)

5.3 to 86

5.

LAM IgG1

23 (32%)

37 (51%)

22.2 to 96.6

6.

LAM IgG3

29 (40%)

38 (53%)

5.3 to 100

7.

TNF-α

38 (53%)

43 (60%)

9.4 to 99

  1. Individuals showing increase a month before the reaction and decrease a month after the reaction and the percentage inhibition (in parentheses) profile of each serological marker with the prednisolone treatment.