TABLE 2.

Time-dependent release of TNF-α by CBHMC following exposure to various bacteria and mast cell agonists

Bacterium/agonist	TNF-α release (pg/ml) after incubation for (h)a:
	0.5 h	1 h	3 h	6 h
None (medium alone)	0 ± 0	2 ± 1	3 ± 5	14 ± 7
S. aureus CI127	21 ± 6	161 ± 19	617 ± 96	1,944 ± 222
S. faecium CI126	9 ± 9	201 ± 36	1,009 ± 264	3,209 ± 171
K. pneumoniae CI128	29 ± 8	26 ± 2	48 ± 4	99 ± 17
C. freundii CI125	44 ± 3	138 ± 7	379 ± 70	662 ± 64
E. coli ORN103(pSH2)	44 ± 8	131 ± 15	764 ± 2	1,393 ± 27
E. coli ORN103(pSH2)	37 ± 17	31 ± 7	104 ± 11	156 ± 21
+d-Mannose
E. coli ORN103 (pUT2002)	33 ± 6	35 ± 7	83 ± 11	174 ± 12
PMAb/Ca ionophore	3 ± 2	164 ± 26	1,190 ± 32	1,461 ± 57

^aValues are the means ± standard errors of the means from three different sets of experiments. 

^bPMA, phorbol myristate acetate.