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. 2014 Jan 22;9(1):e86355. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0086355

Figure 4. Pro-inflammatory/anti-inflammatory cytokine ratio following stimulation with bacteria.

Figure 4

Ratio of Il-12/IL-10, TNFα/IL-10 and IL-6/IL-10 cytokine production in plasma of pregnant and non-pregnant women following stimulation of whole blood with E-coli (black dots) or P. Gingivalis (PG) (open dots) bacteria (5*107 bacteria/ml) for 24 hr. *significantly different from E-coli (two-way ANOVA followed by Bonferroni post-tests, p<0.05). a: significantly different from pregnant women after the same stimulation (two-way ANOVA followed by Bonferroni post-tests, p<0.05).