Figure 5. Analysis of cytokine expression of PBMC from RA patients and healthy controls exposed to VTsp venom. Production of cytokines (A) IL-6, (B) TNF-α, (C) IL1-β, and (D) IL-10 expressed in pg/mL of mononuclear cells from patients diagnosed with RA and healthy patients cultured with PHA and treated with Tityus sp. Results are expressed as the mean standard error (± MSE). Significance values were p < 0.01** and p < 0.05*.