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Published in final edited form as: J Immunol. 2009 Mar 1;182(5):3285–3293. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.0711996

Table VII.

Allergen-induced cytokine production comparing CBMCs and 3-mo PBMCs of infants

Allergen	Cytokine	Child at Birth	Child at 3 mo
Alternaria	IFN-γ
	% detectable	34.8	36.5
	n	210	104
	IL-4
	% detectable	5.2	3.8
	n	211	104
	IL-13
	% detectable	52.2^a	34.6
	n	209	104
Bermuda	IFN-γ
	% detectable	16.4	12.3
	n	195	73
	IL-4
	% detectable	2.0	2.7
	n	197	73
	Il-13
	% detectable	27.4^a	9.6
	n	197	73

p < 0.01 for comparison of child at birth vs at 3 mo.