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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Apr 22.
Published in final edited form as: Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2011 Mar 23;407(4):703–707. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2011.03.084

Table 1.

Effect of zinc on cytokine production in HUT-78 Cells1

Cytokine No stimulation PMA/PHA PMA/Ionomycin
Zn− Zn+ Zn− Zn+ Zn− Zn+
IL-2 14.3±4.52 12.0±5.2 145.1±18.5 338.9±18.63 446.5±147.7 1199.5±35.33
IFN-γ 7.7±4.2 10.1±0.8 5.3±4.2 20.3±1.63 7.7±0.8 44.0±8.33
1

Zinc-treated HUT-78 cells were stimulated with PHA (10 μg/mL)/PMA (5 ng/mL) or PHA (5 ng/mL)/ionomycin (1 μg/mL) for 6h.

2

Mean± S.D. pg/ml cytokine generated;

3

p= ≤0.05 difference between cells maintained in 1 μM Zn vs 15 μM Zn media (n=3).