Table 2.

Statistical analysis of differences in the relative quantity of cytokine transcription levels in the spleen, mesenteric lymph nodes and bone marrow

Organ	Cat group	Compared to cat group	Cytokine	Tendencya	Significance (p)
(a) Comparison of cats with FIP, FCoV-infected cats without FIP and SPF cats
Spleen	FCoV-inf.	FIP	IL-10	↑	<0.05
Spleen	FIP	SPF	M-CSF	↓	<0.05
Mes lnn	FCoV-inf	FIP	IL-6	↓	0.05
Mes lnn	FCoV-inf	FIP	G-CSF	↓	<0.05
Mes lnn	FCoV-inf	FIP	M-CSF	↓	<0.05
Mes lnn	FIP	SPF	IL-12 p40	↓	<0.05
Mes lnn	FIP	FCoV-inf	IL-12 p40	↓	<0.05

Organ	Cytokine	Tendencyb	Significance (p)
(b) Comparison of cats with FIP and SPF cats
Spleen	IL-12 p40	↓	<0.05
Spleen	M-CSF	↓	<0.05
Mes lnn	IL-1β	↑	<0.05
Mes lnn	IL-12 p40	↓	<0.01
Mes lnn	TNF	↓	<0.05

^aTendency = cytokine transcription levels in one group in comparison to another group of cats.

^bTendency = cytokine transcription levels in FIP cats in comparison to SPF cats.