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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Immunol. 2016 Aug 26;197(7):2864–2879. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.1600043

Table III.

Cytokines in BAL fluid at 24 h after instillation of PBS or S. pneumoniae (SP) in WT or Nrf2 null mice

Analyte
(pg/mL)
WT Nrf2 null
PBS (n=4) S.
pneumoniae
6.88 ± 0.13 ×
106 CFU per
mouse (n=5)
S.
pneumoniae
1.38 ± 0.038
× 107 CFU
per mouse
(n=5)
PBS (n=4) S.
pneumoniae
6.25 ± 0.22 ×
106 CFU per
mouse (n=5)
S.
pneumoniae
1.13 ± 0.022
× 107 CFU
per mouse
(n=5)
IL-1a 2.5 ± 0.55 113 ± 19 * 127 ± 28 * 4.0 ± 2.6 127 ± 20 * 151 ± 22 *
IL-1b 9.4 ± 0.55 123 ± 16 159 ± 27 * 15 ± 9.0 151 ± 21 238 ± 61 *
IL-2 2.5 ± 0.42 3.9 ± 0.20 3.2 ± 0.22 1.5 ± 0.41 6.0 ± 2.1 3.9 ± 0.36
IL-3 1.9 ± 0.18 3.6 ± 0.30 3.9 ± 0.43 2.1 ± 0.52 4.5 ± 0.56 * 5.1 ± 0.81 *
IL-4 2.1 ± 0.01 6.2 ± 0.45 7.7 ± 0.65 2.4 ± 0.47 8.0 ± 0.87 12 ± 3.1 *
IL-5 1.9 ± 0.16 7.8 ± 0.78 * 9.3 ± 1.2 * 2.1 ± 0.74 8.1 ± 0.85 * 12 ± 2.3 *
IL-6 1.5 ± 0.34 420 ± 59 444 ± 39 8.3 ± 7.4 599 ± 61 * 697 ± 203 *
IL-10 3.9 ± 0.27 19 ± 1.4 24 ± 2.8 4.0 ± 1.6 22 ± 2.2 45 ± 19 *
IL-
12(p40)
22 ± 3.5 561 ± 55 * 596 ± 153 * 27 ± 6.3 884 ± 55 * 722 ± 169 *
IL-
12(p70)
8.3 ± 2.6 122 ± 8.7 * 126 ± 29 * 16 ± 11
(n=3)<LLOQ
(n=1)
214 ± 12 *, 179 ± 32 *
IL-13 41 ± 3.0 58 ± 3.0 63 ± 3.1 32 ± 4.4 67 ± 6.5 * 76 ± 9.7 *
IL-17A 5.5 ± 0.39 202 ± 30 134 ± 32 6.0 ± 2.0 274 ± 87 * 259 ± 53 *
Eotaxin 1388 ± 206 1883 ± 77 1814 ± 129 1464 ± 128 1823 ± 96 1813 ± 105
G-CSF 54 ± 5.7 4652 ± 695 4609 ± 553 249 ± 199 5207 ± 1125
*
6486 ± 1985
*
GM-CSF 34 ± 1.5 94 ± 17 57 ± 3.4 36 ± 6.6 170 ± 47 * 71 ± 10
IFN-γ 15 ± 1.5 91 ± 20 553 ± 209 10 ± 2.8 90 ± 29 603 ± 218
KC 15 ± 3.4 160 ± 14 232 ± 27 * 33 ± 25 344 ± 38 *, 277 ± 60 *
MCP-1 51 ± 3.0 1148 ± 146 1626 ± 470 * 56 ± 17 1578 ± 351 * 2587 ± 393 *
MIP-1α 12 ± 1.4 772 ± 141 1590 ± 214 75 ± 71 2210 ± 265 7051 ± 4950
(n=4), >UL
(n=1)
MIP-1β 2.7 ± 0.29 180 ± 17 213 ± 38 12 ± 9.9 371 ± 43 1237 ± 766
RANTES 0.95 ± 0.15 493 ± 86 956 ± 228 11 ± 9.3
(n=3)<LLOQ
(n=1)
683 ± 83 1827 ± 539 *
TNF 6.0 ± 0.57 4823 ± 1243
*
3342 ± 420 21 ± 17 8878 ± 1186
*,
3794 ± 411 *

Values are mean ± SEM. The number of samples in each group (n) is shown in the column subheadings unless otherwise indicated in the individual cells. <LLOQ, below the lower limit of quantitation; >UL, exceeds upper limit of quantitation.

*

, significantly different compared with PBS control of the same genotype;

, significantly different compared with WT that received the same treatment (p≤0.05, ANOVA and Tukey-Kramer HSD post hoc test).