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. 1998 May;5(3):335–340. doi: 10.1128/cdli.5.3.335-340.1998

TABLE 4.

Correlation between lymphocyte proliferation and cytokine gene expression

mRNA Proliferative stimulation index P valuea
IL-2 0.73 0.028
IL-2R 0.26 0.298
IL-6 0.60 0.068
IL-10 −0.07 0.500
TNF-α 0.73 0.028
IFN-γ −0.07 0.500
a

Data represent Kendall’s coefficient of rank correlation between proliferative stimulation index and maximal value of cytokine gene expression upon stimulation.