Figure 8.

Plasma concentrations of HMGB1 (A), IL-6 (B) and IL-12/23p40 (C) proteins of one-week-old piglets: germ-free (GF), infected with S. Typhimurium LT2 for 24 h (LT2), associated with B. animalis subsp. lactis BB12 (BB12), and associated with BB12 and infected with LT2 for 24 h (BB12 + LT2). Six samples in each group were analyzed and statistical differences were calculated by the Kruskal–Wallis test with Dunn’s multiple comparison post hoc test. The values are presented as boxes and whiskers indicating the lower and upper quartiles, the central line is the median, and the ends of the whiskers depict the minimal and maximal values. A p < 0.05 among groups is denoted with different letters around the columns.