Table 3.

Cytokine production and the proliferative responses of splenocytes from BALB/c mice immunized with PBS, pVAX1, pVAX1-GRA24, or blank control.

Groups (n = 5)	Cytokine production (pg/ml)				Proliferation (SI)a
	IFN-γ	IL-12	IL-4	IL-10
Blank control	39.56 ± 4.86	35.29 ± 4.21	43.21 ± 3.69	25.69 ± 2.39	0.95 ± 0.13
PBS	37.59 ± 3.98	39.15 ± 4.26	39.65 ± 4.12	27.19 ± 3.78	1.03 ± 0.14
pVAX1	39.74 ± 4.56	42.11 ± 3.98	41.59 ± 3.59	28.13 ± 4.12	0.99 ± 0.17
pVAX1-GRA24	535.59 ± 59.78*	325.18 ± 37.59*	223.89 ± 30.19*	201.23 ± 29.15*	2.19 ± 0.13*

^aSI, stimulation index.

^*p < 0.05 compared with the control groups.