Figure 3.
Pro-inflammatory cytokines in monocytes from SLGN-treated individuals. Pseudo color flow plots show gating strategy for measuring ex vivo expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines (A) IL-6 and (B) IL-18 in CD14+ monocytes. Frequencies of cytokine producing monocytes from baseline and 8-h samples in placebo, 1.5 or 3.0 mg SLGN-treated individuals are presented for (C) IL-6 and (D) IL-18, respectively. Significance was calculated by a Wilcoxon matched-pairs signed-rank test, and p value ≤ 0.05 * and 0.001 *** show grades of significance. ns: no significance.