We found that both cytokines tended to be higher in RA than in C cultures without IL-6 (IL-10: C = 324.3 ± 157.1, and RA = 518.1 ± 300.7; p = 0.08, and IL-17: C = 1565 ± 788.4, and RA = 3973 ± 2538; p = 0.06). This evidence concerns the gene IL6 and rheumatoid arthritis.