Table 1.

Cytokine levels in supernatants of whole-blood CD3⁺- and CD28⁺-stimulated cultures from healthy women (n = 14)

Cytokine	Before probiotic administration	After probiotic administration for four weeks	Four weeks after stopping probiotic administration
IL-2	23.4 (1.7–210.2)	38.7 (0–673.3)	17.4 (0.9–44.3)
IL-4	3.9 (0–16.0)	4.3 (0–35.4)	2.8 (0–19.0)
IL-6	4009 (393–12,954)	4835 (163–10,068)	10,791 (2073–14,754)
IL-10	41.9 (4.7–1664.0)	37.3 (5.5–410.3)	99.2 (17.6–481.6)
TNF	125.2 (23.5–584.8)	103.4 (15.9–487.9)	258.3 (68.8–1191.2)
IFN-γ	30.8 (8.3–309.8)	23.5 (0–416.5)	34.6 (0–858.8)
IL-17	9.3 (0–47.3)	10.5 (0–57.1)	16.6 (0–58.9)

The levels were measured using cytometric bead array. All data are shownin pg/ml and as median (range)