Figure 3.
Cytokine production by human monocyte-derived macrophages stimulated with Sporothrix schenckii, Sporothrix brasiliensis, and Sporothrix globosa. Human and fungal cells were coincubated for 24 h, and the supernatants were collected and used for cytokine quantification by ELISA. *P < 0.05, when compared with the cytokine level stimulated by conidia from the same species. †P < 0.05, when compared with the same morphology of the other two fungal species analyzed. Results are shown as mean ± standard deviation from data generated with samples from eight donors analyzed by duplicate.