Intrahepatic and plasma IL-10 levels were significantly higher in the control group (CT) (median mRNA: 1.84; IQR: 1.55 and median plasma concentration: 14.21; IQR: 2.480) than in the group with chronic hepatitis C (median mRNA: 0.24; IQR: 0.300 and median plasma concentration: 7.95; IQR: 10.050) (p<0.0001 and p = 0.0004, respectively; Fig 1A and 1D). Here, IL10 is linked to chronic hepatitis C virus infection.