Table 1.
Cytokine analysis of lung homogenates in WT mice compared to STAT1 KO mice
Cytokine or Chemokine | Level (pg/ml) in pulmonary homogenate tissue at day: | |||
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7 | 10 | |||
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WT | STAT 1 KO | WT | STAT 1 KO | |
Th1-type cytokine | ||||
IFN-γ | 21.1 ± 3.89 | 12.48 ± 0.74* | 20.48 ± 1.96 | 13.74 ± 0.79** |
IL-2 | 32.57 ± 3.19 | 46.33 ± 3.47 | 23.34 ± 1.47 | 20.12 ± 1.39 |
IL-12 p40 | 81.27 ± 9.62 | 53.26 ± 12.15 | 227.46 ± 18.73 | 147.26 ± 18.48** |
IL-12 p70 | 78.98 ± 12.20 | 88.52 ± 13.28 | 106.59 ± 15.52 | 153.50 ± 10.94* |
Th2-type cytokine | ||||
IL-4 | 18.37 ± 5.98 | 41.31 ± 5.00* | 10.01 ± 2.08 | 12.67 ± 1.58 |
IL-5 | 7.35 ± 1.02 | 18.02 ± 3.75 | 7.06 ± 0.85 | 8.14 ± 0.68 |
IL-10 | 31.75 ± 2.94 | 31.95 ± 1.74 | 48.52 ± 4.23 | 47.80 ± 2.81 |
IL-13 | 101.54 ± 14.09 | 106.21 ± 5.39 | 96.84 ± 8.14 | 109.80 ± 4.60 |
Pro-inflammatory cytokine | ||||
IL-1α | 461.78 ± 114.37 | 310.38 ± 95.16 | 842.92 ± 185.14 | 1340.21 ± 153.47 |
IL-1β | 2114.39 ± 549.41 | 2759.83 ± 845.82 | 3403.94 ± 654.74 | 5891.87 ± 611.89* |
IL-6 | 112.10 ± 23.18 | 155.52 ± 59.42 | 72.76 ± 15.66 | 453.48 ± 86.54*** |
IL-17A | 26.32 ± 3.63 | 240.85 ± 59.96*** | 20.15 ± 1.96 | 209.17 ± 33.27*** |
TNF-α | 130.3 ± 21.03 | 157.33 ± 17.90 | 239.29 ± 59.03 | 458.83 ± 37.63* |
G-CSF | 348.32 ± 43.58 | 909.00 ± 281.48 | 294.15 ± 54.97 | 2709.22 ± 214.13** |
GM-CSF | 102.30 ± 8.10 | 103.72 ± 10.42 | 100.22 ± 3.59 | 129.84 ± 2.87 |
Chemokine | ||||
Eotaxin | 719.54 ± 171.16 | 606.13 ± 87.17 | 647.81 ± 35.75 | 705.59 ± 32.28 |
CXCL1/KC | 765.54 ± 109.51 | 955.89 ± 213.18 | 729.03 ± 141.35 | 1838.48 ± 178.00*** |
CCL5/RANTES | 715.31 ± 160.53 | 212.17 ± 42.91*** | 1058.68 ± 110.91 | 132.78 ± 24.12*** |
CCL3/MIP-lα | 770.42 ± 160.53 | 1114.23 ± 301.66 | 1215.11 ± 314.48 | 2080.93 ± 254.31 |
CCL4/MIP-1β | 175.68 ± 41.64 | 157.79 ± 38.92 | 255.24 ± 43.82 | 305.41 ± 39.42 |
CCL2/MCP-1 | 924.17 ± 98.47 | 497.23 ± 98.31** | 883.19 ± 146.02 | 1874.04 ± 192.94** |
Data shown are expressed as mean ± SEM and are cumulative of 2 experiments utilizing 4 mice per group per time point.
p < 0.01,
p < 0.001,
p < 0.0001 compared to the infected counterpart on the same day postinoculation