It is evident from Figure 9 and Tables 4 and 5 that Th17 cells were strongly associated with the non polarized Th0 phenotype in both leprosy types and healthy subjects who showed concomitant IFN-γ and IL-4/IL-5 both by qPCR and ELISA of PBMC culture supernatants. This evidence concerns the gene IL4 and leprosy.