TABLE 1.

Cytokine analysis^a of culture supernatants of murine lymph node cells after in vitro stimulation with PfLSA-1-derived synthetic peptides

Peptide	Peptide concn (μg/ml)	Secretion of indicated cytokine (pg/ml) by:
		BALB/c mice			C57BL/6 mice
		IL-2	IFN-γ	IL-4	IL-2	IFN-γ	IL-4
LS1.1	0	<5	75	<5	40	<10	<5
	10	120	180	<5	360	9,800	<5
	20	120	360	<5	260	5,600	<5
	40	260	1,500	<5	280	1,200	<5
LS1.2	0	40	100	<5	80	60	<5
	10	160	800	<5	400	10,400	<5
	20	180	660	<5	360	8,800	<5
	40	90	160	<5	440	9,200	<5
LS1.3	0	70	120	<5	15	<10	<5
	10	360	600	<5	18	135	<5
	20	180	3,000	<5	30	540	<5
	40	135	10,200	<5	30	675	<5
LS1.4	0	50	120	<5	8	<10	<5
	10	180	450	<5	18	1,440	<5
	20	165	600	<5	30	600	<5
	40	135	1,560	<5	8	510	<5
LS1.5	0	60	<10	<5	10	<10	<5
	10	165	120	<5	15	<10	<5
	20	225	180	<5	18	45	<5
	40	165	45	<5	15	30	<5
LS1.6	0	<5	<10	<5	<5	<10	<5
	10	<5	<10	<5	<5	<10	<5
	20	<5	<10	<5	<5	<10	<5
	40	<5	<10	<5	<5	<10	<5
LS1.7	0	<5	<10	<5	<5	<10	<5
	10	<5	<10	<5	<5	<10	<5
	20	<5	<10	<5	<5	<10	<5
	40	<5	<10	<5	<5	<10	<5
LS1R	0	<5	<10	<5	<5	<10	<5
	10	45	525	75	<5	<10	<5
	20	60	705	85	<5	<10	<5
	40	135	840	240	<5	<10	<5

^aCytokine analysis was performed by using specific murine cytokine ELISA kits. Data analysis was done with the respective standard cytokine curves.