. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 May 1.

Published in final edited form as: Brain Behav Immun. 2010 Feb 6;24(4):631–640. doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2010.01.015

Table 3.

Th1/Th2 Polarization in Splenocytes

	Cellulose (pg/mg protein)	Pectin (pg/mg protein)
IL-4	43.5 ± 12.7	124.4 ± 17.7 ^*
IL-5	8.4 ± 1.6	48.7 ± 6.9 ^*
IL-13	12.7 ± 1.2	24.1 ± 4.6
IFN-γ	8298 ± 543	3979 ± 353 ^*
IL-12	48.8 ± 6.9	23.7 ± 2.5 ^*
IL-2	23605 ± 4117	13994 ± 3600 ^*

Mice were fed 10% pectin (pectin) or 5% cellulose (cellulose) for 6 wks. Cytokines were measured from Con A treated splenocytes. Results are expressed in pg/mg protein, means ± SEM, n=4

p<0.05, main effect of diet.