Table 1.

Constitutive and Candida-specific cytokine and chemokine production by vaginal epithelial cells

Cytokines	Stimulus	Cytokine concentration (pg/ml, mean ± SD)
IL-2	Medium alone	49.48 ± 0.99
	Medium + Candida	34.81 ± 1.22
	Medium + L. crispatus	92.50 ± 2.33
	Medium + Candida + L. crispatus	84.05 ± 2.75
IL-4	Medium alone	37.65 ± 0.85
	Medium + Candida	23.12 ± 0.76
	Medium + L. crispatus	39.07 ± 0.98
	Medium + Candida + L. crispatus	24.10 ± 0.97
IL-6	Medium alone	27.97 ± 0.15
	Medium + Candida	18.91 ± 0.65
	Medium + L. crispatus	35.33 ± 0.55
	Medium + Candida + L. crispatus	24.72 ± 0.83
IL-8	Medium alone	21.30 ± 0.72
	Medium + Candida	25.93 ± 0.68
	Medium + L. crispatus	18.97 ± 0.23
	Medium + Candida + L. crispatus	12.41 ± 0.58
IL-17	Medium alone	60.03 ± 2.71
	Medium + Candida	30.65 ± 1.87
	Medium + L. crispatus	53.72 ± 2.72
	Medium + Candida + L. crispatus	43.72 ± 2.72

L. crispatus: Lactobacillus crispatus; IL: Interleukin; SD: Standard deviation.