Table 3.
Cytokine levels in immunized mice
| hsIgG |
hsIgG–biotin |
hsIgG–MBA |
Saline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plasma cytokine | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD |
| IL-4 (pg/ml) | 222.28 | 91.14 | 180.79 | 50.8 | 43.7a | 26.01 | 220.89 | 47.7 |
| IL-10 (pg/ml) | 863.99 | 335.81 | 1349.71 | 284.62 | 2022.81a | 327.15 | 2423.81a | 20.79 |
Mice were immunized twice with horse serum (hs) IgG, hsIgG–biotin, hsIgG–mannosamine–biotin (MBA) or saline. Twenty-four hours after the second immunization, mouse plasma was tested by ELISA. Plasma cytokine levels are presented as pg/ml (± SD).
a
P < 0.05 between different treatments in the same tested cytokine.