Figure 2.

Effects of A5/L phages on IL-6 and TNF-α serum levels in cyclophosphamide-treated and S. aureus-infected mice. A: IL-6, B: TNF-α. Some mice from the experiment described in Figure 1 were bled for cytokine determination at 24 h following infection. The number of mice per group: n = 5. Statistics: A: CP^-P^-B⁺ vs CP⁺P^-B⁺ P = 0.0023; CP⁺P^-B⁺ vs CP⁺P⁺B⁺ P = 0.0064 (ANOVA; P = 0.0009); B: CP^-P^-B⁺ vs CP⁺P^-B⁺ P = 0.0065; CP⁺P^-B⁺ vs CP⁺P⁺B⁺ P = 0.0301 (ANOVA; P = 0.0028).