Figure 2.

Effect of extracts of Candida parapsilosis and Rhodotorula mucilaginosa on interleukin (IL)−4, IL-5, IL-6, IL-8, IL-13, IL-17A, IL-23, IL-25, IL-33, eotaxin, RANTES, interferon (IFN)-γ, tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α, and granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) production by dispersed nasal polyp cells. Five hundred microliters of 1 × 10⁶/mL dispersed nasal polyp cells were collected after 72 hours, and the levels of the cytokines were determined by multiplex immunoassay. Data were expressed as the fold change relative to that without stimulus of five cell cultures (the means ± standard errors). Significant differences (*) were considered if P values were <.05. RANTES = regulated on activation normal T-cell expressed and secreted. [Color figure can be viewed in the online issue, which is available at www.laryngoscope.com.]