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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Cyst Fibros. 2019 Apr 26;18(6):796–803. doi: 10.1016/j.jcf.2019.04.009

Fig. 3. Mucoid or mixed-variant P. aeruginosa infections were associated with higher proinflammatory cytokines within regional BAL fluid.

Fig. 3.

Proinflammatory cytokine concentrations were measured in regional BAL specimens from all CF patients (n=14 patients= 84 lobar BALs) via V-PLEX array. Data from each specimen were stratified based upon type of microbial infection [No P.a. (n=29), Nonmucoid (n=9), Mucoid (n=32), Mixed (n=14)]. A. IL-1β (pg/mL) B. TNF-α (pg/mL) C. IL-6 (pg/mL) D. IL-8 (pg/mL). Statistical significance was determined via non-parametric, Kruskal–Wallis one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA). *p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001, ns- not statistically significant.