Figure 6.
Pre-treatment with IL-27 results in elevated cytokine production in response to S. typhimurium components and infection. PMA-THP-1 cells were treated with or without IL-27 (50 ng/ml) for 16 hours followed by LPS-S (100 ng/ml), flagellin (Flag) (500 ng/ml), or combinations of TLR agonists as indicated (A–C) or stationary phase S. typhimurium (MOI: 10) (D–F) for 8 or 12 hours. IL-12p40 (top panels), TNF-α (middle panels), and IL-6 (bottom panels) levels were measured in cell-free supernatants by ELISA. Data are representative of at least three independent replicate experiments showing mean and standard deviation of ELISA technical replicates from one experiment. Mann Whitney U tests were used for statistical analyses between pairs as indicated. ns = not significant; *p≤0.05; **p≤0.01; ***p≤0.001.