After checking the status of IL-6R+ and IL-23R+ Th17 cells in reactional states, we were next interested in the secretion status of IL-17 via Th17 cells with or without MLSA, r-IL-6, r-TGF-β and r-IL-23 in both T1R and NR leprosy patients. This evidence concerns the gene IL6R and leprosy.