Table 1.

Cytokine profile (pg/mL) of anti-Tn-PS A1 (3) sera and anti-PS A1 (1) sera as measured by FACS using a BD™ biosciences cytometric bead array. And while IL-2 and IL-6 dominate in the PS A1-primed sera, there is a distinct shift to IL-17A in Tn-PS A1-primed sera

Entrya	Sera	IL-10 (pg/mL)	IL17Ab (pg/mL)	TNF (pg/mL)	IFN-d (pg/mL)	IL-6 (pg/mL)	IL-4 (pg/mL)	IL-2 (pg/mL)
1	Anti-Tn-PS A1c	12 ± 2	58 ± 4	Negl.	Negl.	Negl.	9 ± 3	14 ± 2
2	Anti-PS A1d	16 ± 2	18 ± 2	Negl.	Negl.	62 ± 3	Negl.	118 ± 6

^aBD Biosciences LSR flow cytometer equipped with dual argon and HeNe lasers. ^b Also referred to as IL-17. ^c Pooled sera from Groups C and D [10]. ^d Pooled sera from Groups A and B [10]. Negl. (Negligible) defined as <3 pg/mL but >0