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. 2017 Sep 27;125(9):097022. doi: 10.1289/EHP1674

Table 2.

Cytokine/chemokine levels on a LUMINEX assay in pancreatic lysates of F1 and F2 adult male offspring.

Cytokine/Chemokine Inflammatory action Produced by Target cell/action F1 Offspring F2 Offspring
Control (pg/μg) LowerB (pg/μg) UpperB (pg/μg) LowerB (p-value) UpperB (p-value) Control (pg/μg) LowerB (pg/μg) UpperB (pg/μg) LowerB (p-value) UpperB (p-value)
IL4 pro/anti Macrophages, eosinophills, basophills Macrophages, T cells, Th0Th2 3E-4±6E-5 2E-4±7E-5 3E-4±7E-5 0.60 0.75 3E-5±5E-5 1E-4±5E-5 2E-4±5E-5 0.23 0.04
IL5 pro/anti Th2 cells, mast Cells B-cell growth, eosinophills 4E-4±3E-5 3E-4±3E-5 7E-4±4E-5 0.08 0.01 2E-4±4E-4 4E-4±4E-4 13E-4±4E-4 0.43 0.09
IL6 pro/anti T-cells, macrophages B-cells, naïve T cells Th17,Treg 6E-4±5E-4 7E-4±5E-4 22E-4±5E-4 0.89 0.08 3E-4±6E-4 12E-4±6E-4 19E-4±5E-4 0.15 0.04
IL17 pro Th cells Recruits macrophages and neutrophils 2E-4±7E-5 4E-4±8E-5 4E-4±8E-5 0.20 0.33 1E-4±9E-5 2E-4±9E-5 4E-4±8E-5 0.14 0.03
MCP1 pro Chemoattractant produced by injured tissue, or infection Macrophages, memory T cells, dendritic cells, basophils 2E-3±4E-4 3E-3±5E-4 4E-3±5E-4 0.18 0.02 2E-3±21E-4 7E-3±21E-4 8E-3±17E-4 0.27 0.09
TNFα pro Macrophages CD4+, natural killer and mast cells Macrophages, IL1- and IL6-producing cells 4E-4±9E-5 5E-4±1E-4 5E-4±1E-4 0.59 0.53 2E-4±2E-4 3E-4±2E-4 4E-4±1E-4 0.62 0.28
IFNγ pro Natural killer cells, natural killer T-cells, macrophages, CD4+, CD8+ Macrophages, MHCII 2E-3±1E-3 4E-3±1E-3 4E-3±1E-3 0.45 0.59 2E-3±6E-3 2E-3±6E-3 9E-3±5E-3 0.99 0.85

Note: Data are normalized to total protein concentration as pg of cytokine or chemokine per μg of total protein, and presented as mean+SEM. Decimal places are represented by E notation, where E represents base 10, followed by the power of 10 (example, E-3=103, E-4=104, E-5=105). Information in columns 2, 3, and 4 is derived from Cavaillon 2001; Commins et al. 2010; Kimura and Kishimoto 2010; Kourilsky and Truffa-Bachi 2001; Turner et al. 2014. Control, 7% corn oil diet; LowerB, Lower BPA (10μg/kg/d); UpperB, Upper BPA (10mg/kg/d). n=3 to 4litters per group. p-Values are from Dunnett’s test performed on log-transformed data, where required (F1 IL5, IL6, MCP1, and IFNγ; F2 IL4, IL5 IL6, IL17, TNFα, and IFNγ).