Table 2.

ME and IE Cytokine Gene Fold change

	Middle Ear		Inner Ear
Cytokine	ME uninfected (SEM)	ME infected (SEM)	IE uninfected (SEM)	IE infected (SEM)
IL-1α	3.14 (1.2)	140.04 (62.4)	2.38 (0.74)	13.68 (7.1)
IL-1β	2.48 (0.98)	135.88 (55.4)	1.75 (0.45)	11.90 (5.0)
IL-6	2.87 (1.8)	12.66 (5.4)	0.70 (0.20)	16.32 (12.3)
IL-10	2.49 (1.3)	20.81 (11.8)	5.15 (2.4)	26.64 (17.6)
MIP-1α	1.80 (0.93)	259.81 (94.2)	0.68 (0.26)	20.42 (9.3)
MIP-2	12.27 (7.6)	4632.23 (2239.6)	8.84 (6.0)	289.75 (165.3)
TNFα	1.15 (0.36)	7.18 (1.2)	0.73 (0.19)	4.46 (1.8)
KC	2.67 (1.2)	21.20 (7.3)	2.39 (0.70)	59.38 (44.9)

SEM (standard error of the mean); Values in bold show fold change > 2x over Balb/c control mice