Table 4.
All five cytokine ratios (IFN-γ/IL-4, IFN-γ/IL-10, IL-17/IFN-γ, TNF-α/IL-10, and IL12p70/IL-10) indicate a dominant Th1-type immune response.
| Control Mdn | pOT Mdn | rOT Mdn | pOT vs control p value |
rOT vs control p value |
pOT vs rOT p value |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IFN-γ/IL-4 | 1 | 29.2 | 18.1 | <0.001 | 0.004 | 0.212 |
| IFN-γ/IL-10 | 0.39 | 16.7 | 6.55 | <0.0001 | <0.001 | 0.405 |
| IL-17/IFN-γ | 1 | 0.11 | 0.24 | <0.001 | 0.002 | 0.499 |
| TNF-α/IL-10 | 0.33 | 0.93 | 1 | 0.004 | 0.005 | 0.783 |
| IL-12p70/IL-10 | 29.1 | 3.72 | 5.44 | 0.004 | 0.031 | 0.291 |
OT: ocular toxoplasmosis; Mdn: Median: significant p values are shown in bold.