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. 2011 Oct;166(1):87–93. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2011.04456.x

Table 4.

Relationships between chest X-ray scores and secretion of different cytokines from peripheral blood mononuclear cells after stimulation with P-glucan or lipopolysaccharide (LPS)

Cytokine and stimulant P Corr. coeff.
TNF-α
 LPS 0·019 0·361
 P-glucan 0·004 0·410
IL-6
 LPS 0·019 0·369
 P-glucan < 0·001 0·586
IL-10
 LPS 0·002 0·483
 P-glucan < 0·001 0·542
IL-12
 LPS 0·003 0·455
 P-glucan 0·002 0·470

IL: interleukin; TNF: tumour necrosis factor.