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Table 1 Cytokine release of NK cells after stimulation with pI:C, DEP and pI:C+DEP

From: Diesel exhaust particles modify natural killer cell function and cytokine release

 

pI:C

DEP

pI:C+DEP

IL-1β

*193.9±111

#6.09±5.0

*111.7±61.6

IL-2

*2.11±0.44

1.13±0.16

*1.191±0.38

IL-4£

*5.99±2.35

1.58±0.55

*2.55±0.66

IL-5

108.6±104

1.56±0.62

6.26±3.21

IL-8

*10.2±3.08

#1.53±0.65

*9.53±2.87

IL-10

*21.0±9.4

5.01±2.8

*30.6±19.4

IL-12p70

*142±109

56.7±53.6

*82.0±60.7

IL-13

15.1±6.75

1.82±0.59

8.81±4.4

IFN-γ

*844±414

496±495

*520±241

TNF-α

*37.1±14.6

#3.08±1.87

*26.4±8.81

  1. Data are presented as fold induction over control and shown as mean ± SEM. *,#,£p<0.05 (n=9).
  2. *significant different from untreated control.
  3. # significant different from pI:C and pI:C + DEP.
  4. £ significant difference between pI:C and pI:C+DEP.