Table 3.

Cytokine production in direct contact coculture system response to TLR2 activation (pg/ml)

	NC (peripheral) (n = 6)		GC (peripheral) (n = 17)		GC (tumor-infiltrating) (n = 17)
	− Pam3Csk4	+ Pam3Csk4	− Pam3Csk4	+ Pam3Csk4	− Pam3Csk4	+ Pam3Csk4
IFN-γ	1722 ± 582.7	1810 ± 430.8	1182 ± 297.2#	1019 ± 381.1	971.6 ± 101.8 #	1001 ± 342.6
TNF-α	553.1 ± 174.5	549.7 ± 161.9	391.4 ± 87.14#	378.0 ± 92.44	360.5 ± 77.25#	371.2 ± 82.41
IL-2	221.8 ± 51.04	241.2 ± 48.16	168.4 ± 32.45#	157.9 ± 47.79	178.0 ± 45.18#	172.9 ± 34.50
IL-6	109.2 ± 23.48	105.4 ± 38.02	71.03 ± 16.46#	77.10 ± 19.24	71.42 ± 17.98#	67.14 ± 10.57
IL-8	358.0 ± 100.2	335.1 ± 109.4	234.4 ± 87.01#	221.9 ± 57.02	228.1 ± 71.03#	231.4 ± 66.02

^#P < 0.05 compared with NC