Figure 3. Examples of baseline molecules which associate differentially to cytokine responses.
IL-18BP, a circulating inhibitor of IL-18, displays negative Spearman correlations with general cytokine production capacity of lymphocytes after correcting for age and gender effects (n=489). The metabolite acetate positively correlates with stimulated cytokine production in response to influenza and displays a mostly positive effect on lymphocyte-derived cytokines after correcting for age and gender effects (n=377). Each sample represents an individual.