Figure 5.

Enteric infection with ETBF increases the circulating levels of cytokines in tumor-bearing mice. Graphs show the levels of serum cytokines IL5, IL27p28, IL17A, IL17E, IL17AF, IL6, MCP1, and IL10 in intraductal 4T1 tumor-bearing mice from sham control group or ETBF-infected group post 1 and 4 weeks of tumor implant, as quantified with ELISA. Mice were colonized with 10⁸ CFUs of ETBF 3 days prior to tumor implant. Plots show data from a single cohort of mice (n = 5 mice per group). Data are representative of two independent experiments analyzed separately; p < 0.05*, p < 0.005**, p < 0.0001***, ns (nonsignificant).