Table 3.

mRNA expression of cytokines before and after therapy (OD value, mean ± SD)

Index	BIFICO group		Placebo group
	Pretreatment	Post-treatment	Pretreatment	Post-treatment
IL-1	0.41 ± 0.09	0.53 ± 0.11	0.38 ± 0.12	1.20 ± 0.08d
TNF-α	0.79 ± 0.06	0.35 ± 0.12b	0.86 ± 0.05	1.40 ± 0.18d
IL-10	0.76 ± 0.32	1.11 ± 0.21b	0.54 ± 0.26	0.45 ± 0.04d

^aP < 0.05,

^bP < 0.01 vs post-treatment; ^cP < 0.05,

^dP < 0.01 vs control.