Table 2.

Expression profiles of various cytokines in selected tissues of rainbow trout at different time points after infection.

Gene symbol	Tissues	Fold change values at time points after infection relative to control
		6 h	12 h	24 h	48 h	72 h
il1b	Spleen	39.35 ± 12.98∗	47.80 ± 13.94∗	7.54 ± 2.33	8.89 ± 2.64	3.63 ± 1.04
	Head kidney	180.12 ± 75.62	393.18 ± 95.32∗	17.50 ± 7.97	17.39 ± 5.72	28.38 ± 8.11
	Liver	68.47 ± 26.01	151.60 ± 42.63∗	19.35 ± 6.24	22.21 ± 8.50	81.23 ± 32.69
	Thymus	3.36 ± 0.73	9.74 ± 2.93∗	2.00 ± 0.57	1.63 ± 0.35	2.75 ± 0.66
tnf	Spleen	8.68 ± 4.55	7.76 ± 2.34∗	−1.16 ± 0.37	1.12 ± 0.30	1.82 ± 0.52
	Head kidney	2.06 ± 0.70	11.94 ± 4.32∗	−1.18 ± 0.53	−1.31 ± 0.26	1.64 ± 0.38
	Liver	21.10 ± 13.46∗	11.58 ± 4.93∗	3.74 ± 1.68	8.50 ± 4.33	10.88 ± 5.68
	Thymus	1.18 ± 0.28	2.10 ± 0.74	−1.27 ± 0.36	−1.13 ± 0.15	1.54 ± 0.25
il8	Spleen	27.85 ± 11.11∗	14.92 ± 4.55	4.30 ± 1.31	13.37 ± 6.27	17.80 ± 6.48∗
	Head kidney	26.59 ± 9.13∗	19.11 ± 5.15	7.24 ± 1.89	13.14 ± 4.92	24.12 ± 7.00∗
	Liver	60.14 ± 24.25∗	25.32 ± 13.09	9.30 ± 3.11	71.70 ± 55.32	39.32 ± 22.19∗
	Thymus	1.13 ± 0.31	1.33 ± 0.48	−1.38 ± 0.35	−1.14 ± 0.52	1.25 ± 0.28
il10	Spleen	1.24 ± 0.33	1.26 ± 0.27	1.46 ± 0.41	1.19 ± 0.35	1.29 ± 0.38
	Head kidney	20.39 ± 9.00	54.04 ± 18.64∗	10.35 ± 4.94	11.83 ± 6.24	15.53 ± 6.49
	Liver	2.52 ± 0.88	3.19 ± 1.12	3.08 ± 0.84	3.20 ± 0.95	3.63 ± 1.14∗
	Thymus	1.51 ± 0.52	1.59 ± 0.50	1.41 ± 0.47	1.41 ± 0.38	1.15 ± 0.32
tgfb	Spleen	1.11 ± 0.08	−1.05 ± 0.09	1.14 ± 0.15	1.04 ± 0.11	−1.06 ± 0.12
	Head kidney	1.17 ± 0.12	1.10 ± 0.09	1.14 ± 0.12	1.06 ± 0.14	−1.11 ± 0.13
	Liver	1.34 ± 0.14	1.50 ± 0.18	2.17 ± 0.35∗	1.76 ± 0.24	1.50 ± 0.20
	Thymus	−1.13 ± 0.16	−1.40 ± 0.22	−1.42 ± 0.33	−1.21 ± 0.24	−1.06 ± 0.16

^∗Significant expression difference (p < 0.05) between the infected and the control groups is indicated in bold.