TNF and cervical squamous intraepithelial neoplasia: The CC patients (median, 0.369; range, 0.016 – 1.59) showed TNF-α mRNA expression significantly high in comparison with HC (0.264 ± 0.28, p = 0.043) and CIN patients (median, 0.193; range, 0.009 – 4.27, p = 0.015) but CIN patients and HC did not show any significant high level of this expression (Fig. 4c).