TABLE 1.

Th1, Th2, and proinflammatory cytokines in lung tissue from control and OVA-challenged WT and Mgat5^−/− mice

ND indicates not detectable (n = 4–6 per group).

Cytokine	WT mice (mean ± S.E.)		Mgat5−/− mice (mean ± S.E.)
	Control	OVA	Control	OVA
	pg/mg protein		pg/mg protein
IL-4	4.97 ± 0.21	9.27 ± 1.04a	4.39 ± 0.12	6.64 ± 0.33a,b
IL-5	4.18 ± 0.3	14.33 ± 1.42a	3.86 ± 0.19	7.03 ± 0.35a,b
IL-13	3.81 ± 0.87	49.41 ± 9.72a	3.85 ± 0.36	14.78 ± 2.65a,b
IFNγ	0.44 ± 0.16	12.29 ± 2.26a	0.01 ± 0.01	9.08 ± 3.16a
IL-2	9.0 ± 0.99	7.02 ± 0.98	10.48 ± 1.16	7.42 ± 0.48
IL-17A	ND	60.63 ± 21.58a	ND	41.89 ± 2.94a
TNFα	15.73 ± 1.45	207.38 ± 35.39a	24.81 ± 7.07	144.75 ± 17.46a

^a p < 0.05 control versus OVA-challenged groups for WT and Mgat5^−/− mice.

^b p < 0.05 OVA-challenged Mgat5^−/− mice versus allergen-challenged WT mice.