Table 2.

Cytokine level before and 3 h after PolyIC or PBS injection

	Cytokine concentration (pg/ml)
	PBS (n = 4)		PolyIC (n = 7)
	Before	After	Before	After
IL-2	6.6 ± 7.6	5.6 ± 6.4	5.6 ± 8.4	111.9 ± 166.0 #
IL-6	9.2 ± 8.0	7.8 ± 6.9	15.4 ± 13.6	119.1 ± 124.4 *
TNFα	6.1 ± 7.0	4.9 ± 5.8	8.9 ± 5.4	170.9 ± 142.7 **

^#t₍₉₎ = 1.88, p = 0.093, unpaired t test.

^*t₍₉₎ = 2.30, p = 0.047.

^**t₍₉₎ = 3.66, p = 0.005.

Values are mean ± SD.