CSF2 and Achalasia: Reductions in the levels of inflammatory mediators IL-1β, IL-2, IL-5, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, IL-12p70, IL-13, IL-15, IL-17, fibroblast growth factor, granulocyte colony-stimulating factor, granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor, interferon-γ, monocyte chemoattractant protein-1, macrophage inflammatory protein-1 (MIP-1)α and MIP-1β, regulated upon activation normal T cell expressed and presumably secreted, TNF-α and VEGF were detected in the serum samples of patients with achalasia compared with those in the control group (P<0.05).