Table 3.
Cytokine, mean level ± SD, ng/mL |
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Stimulus | IFN-γ | TNF-α | IL-6 | IL-4 | IL-10 |
C. albicans | |||||
Int1 positive | 15.7 ± 5.3a | 1.8 ± 0.5b | 30.7 ± 21.7b | 0 | 0 |
Int1 negative | 4.0 ± 0.5 | 2.8 ± 1.9 | 29.9 ± 17.7 | 0 | 0 |
SEB | 66.4 ± 7.7 | 1.8 ± 0.2 | 5.3 ± 1.4 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE. Responses were assayed on the fourth day of coculture. INF-γ, interferon-γ; IL-4, interleukin-4; IL-6, interleukin-6; IL-10, interleukin-10; TNF-α, tumor necrosis factor—α.
P < .01, compared with Int1-negative strains.
P = not significant, compared with Int1-negative strains.