TABLE 2.
Cytokine release from blood from borreliosis patients and healthy controlsa
| Stimulus | % Release from blood ofb:
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| TNF-α | TNF-α/106 monocytes | IFN-γ | G-CSF | G-CSF/106 monocytes | IL-10 | IL-10/106 monocytes | |
| LPS | −34.5 ± 21 | −42.9 ± 28 | −57 ± 30 | +96.2 ± 104 | +33.3 ± 42 | +85.2 ± 100 | +14.3 ± 25 |
| SEB | −20.4 ± 39 | −21.3 ± 43 | −5.5 ± 35 | −17.5 ± 75 | −46.2 ± 38 | +106 ± 113 | +111 ± 84 |
a
Blood was taken from 14 borreliosis patients and 10 healthy controls.
b
Blood cytokine release is shown as the percentage of the release from the healthy control group induced by 100 pg of S. enterica serovar Abortusequi LPS per ml or 100 ng of staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB) per ml.