Table 1.
Influence of oral administration with probiotic LAB strains on cytokine production from spleen T cells.
| Groups | Cytokines (pg/ml) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IFN-γ | IL-4 | IL-5 | IL-13 | IL-10 | IL-17A | |
| Negative | 582 ± 95 | 126 ± 18 | 21 ± 4 | 18 ± 6 | 159 ± 22 | 12 ± 2 |
| Positive | 1022 ± 117 | 223 ± 38 | 53 ± 9 | 39 ± 2 | 288 ± 17 | 36 ± 7 |
| B. coagulans (Bc) | 1360 ± 188*** | 158 ± 27*** | 32 ± 6* | 25 ± 4** | 720 ± 35*** | 14 ± 5** |
| L. plantarum (Lp) | 1129 ± 102* | 178 ± 12** | 49 ± 8 | 37 ± 2 | 556 ± 28** | 37 ± 2 |
| B. infantis (Bi) | 1261 ± 193** | 215 ± 16 | 45 ± 9 | 29 ± 3* | 291 ± 31 | 34 ± 3 |
| B. thermophilus (St) | 1109 ± 97* | 217 ± 29 | 46 ± 7 | 38 ± 5 | 298 ± 16 | 36 ± 4 |
| L. rhamnosus (Lr) | 1044 ± 121 | 220 ± 15 | 46 ± 6 | 36 ± 6 | 290 ± 12 | 35 ± 3 |
Results were expressed as means ± SD, *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01 and ***p < 0.001 compared with the positive group.