Table 2.

Cytokine release from CD4⁺/CD8⁺ T cells cocultured with dendritic cells (pg/ml)

Groups	IL-4					IL-9
	T4 alone	T4+DC	T8 alone	T8+DC	DC alone	T4 alone	T4+DC	T8 alone	T8+DC	DC alone
Control	0.08 ± 0.063a	0.80 ± 0.48	0.08 ± 0.063a	0.08 ± 0.083a	0.09 ± 0.095a	0.50 ± 0.13c,d	9.9 0± 3.67c,d	173.75 ± 44.22	200.48 ± 57.17	0.20 ± 0.08c,d
Model	0.03 ± 0.046a	1.22 ± 0.33b	0.08 ± 0.067a	0.06 ± 0.053a	0.08 ± 0.067a	0.43 ± 0.20c,d	14.54±7.15c,d	210.31 ± 67.33	213.41 ± 91.23	0.16 ± 0.08c,d
F	32.811					47.738
P	0.000					0.000

T4 alone: culture of CD4⁺ T cells alone; T4+DC: coculture of CD4⁺ T cells and DCs; T8 alone: culture of CD8⁺ T cells alone; T8+DC: coculture of CD8⁺ T cells and DCs; DC alone: culture of DCs alone;

^aP < 0.05 versus T4+DC;

^bP < 0.05 versus the control group;

^cP < 0.05 versus T8 alone;

^dP < 0.05 versus T8+DC, P < 0.05.