Table I.
Association between type 1 cytokine levels in plasma, and frequencies of CD4+ or CD8+ T cells expressing these cytokines, after incubation of whole blood with BCG. A Spearman test was used to assess correlation in 29 infants
CD4+ T cells expressing cytokine |
CD8+ T cells expressing cytokinea |
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r | p | r | p | |
Plasma IFN-γ | 0.6793 | <0.0001 | 0.6305 | 0.0004 |
Plasma IL-2 | 0.6441 | 0.0003 | 0.6013 | 0.0009 |
Plasma TNF-α | 0.4034 | 0.01 | 0.3187 | 0.1052 |