Table 4. Cytokine levels in the brachial lymph nodes of PTN-Tg and Wt mice under flight, ground control and vivarium conditions.
Cytokine | Wt Ground Control | PTN-Tg Ground Control | Wt Flight | PTN-Tg Flight | Wt VivariumControl | PTN-Tg Vivarium Control |
IL-2 (ng/g) | ||||||
11 | –2 | 12.11 | – | 3.87 | 4.61 | 7.37 |
2 | 19.03 | 10.34 | 10.99 | 7.13 | 6.54 | 4.87 |
3 | – | – | – | – | 9.99 | 6.51 |
mean ± SEM | 11.23±0.89 | 5.5±1.63 | 7.05±1.57 | 6.25±0.73 | ||
Active TGF-β1 (ng/g) | ||||||
1 | – | 18.05 | – | 32.08 | 6.15 | 16.22 |
2 | 47.33 | 20.42 | 28.92 | 38.50 | 28.63 | 4.00 |
3 | – | – | – | – | 40.37 | 9.55 |
mean ± SEM | 19.24±1.19 | 35.29±3.21 | 25.05±10.04 | 9.92±3.53 | ||
Total TGF-β1 (ng/g) | ||||||
1 | – | 61.99 | – | 41.41 | 9.28 | 29.23 |
2 | 82.36 | 38.53 | 62.45 | 79.63 | 46.79 | 21.69 |
3 | – | – | – | – | 50.82 | 23.90 |
mean ± SEM | 50.26±11.73 | 60.52±19.11 | 35.63±13.23 | 24.94±2.24 |
Cytokine levels of individual mice are shown.
Deceased mice.