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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. 4. Infection with mucoid P. aeruginosa directly correlates with higher proinflammatory cytokine concentrations within regional BAL specimens.

Fig. 4.

Proinflammatory cytokine concentrations were measured in regional BAL specimens from all CF patients (n=14 patients= 84 lobar BALs) via V-PLEX array. Cytokine concentrations are plotted versus mucoid P. aeruginosa CFUs/mL (A.-D.) or nonmucoid P. aeruginosa CFUs/mL (E.-H.) for each patient specimen. Correlation plots for A./E. IL-1β (pg/mL), B./F. TNF-α (pg/mL), C./G. IL-6 (pg/mL), D./H. IL-8 (pg/mL). R2 and slope p-values are shown. Statistically significant correlations (p<0.05) are highlighted in red text.