Table 1 Cytokines and chemokines levels in lungs of susceptible A/J and resistant C3H/HeOuJ mice during time course of P. aeruginosa chronic lung infection.

From: The host genetic background defines diverse immune-reactivity and susceptibility to chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa respiratory infection

Cytokines

naïve

Day2

Day7

Day14

A/J vs C3H/HeOuJ

A/J

C3H/HeOuJ

A/J

C3H/HeOuJ

A/J

C3H/HeOuJ

A/J

C3H/HeOuJ

naive

Day2

Day7

Day14

IL1α

0,54

1,55

205,70

150,30

201,20

50,38

18,88

12,95

ns

ns

*

ns

IL1β

10,73

3,80

214,60

116,70

322,70

90,37

25,76

20,62

ns

*

**

ns

IL6

0,62

0,62

11,94

0,62

2,99

0,62

0,62

0,62

ns

*

ns

ns

MCP1

11,10

1,24

191,80

49,27

6,87

9,12

1,24

1,24

ns

*

ns

ns

MIP1α

0,10

0,10

165,00

96,38

72,71

27,50

4,30

1,69

ns

*

*

ns

MIP1β

9,10

9,44

66,05

32,07

47,07

22,59

16,97

15,82

ns

*

*

ns

TNFα

3,16

3,16

12,05

3,16

3,25

3,16

3,16

3,16

ns

ns

ns

ns

KC

6,61

7,13

181,30

102,00

73,10

33,49

13,84

7,91

ns

*

ns

ns

G-CSF

3,84

1,93

386,80

126,70

31,01

18,63

5,06

2,71

ns

*

ns

ns

IFNγ

nd

nd

nd

nd

nd

nd

nd

nd

IL2

nd

nd

nd

nd

nd

nd

nd

nd

IL12p70

1,74

1,74

53,63

17,61

14,32

1,74

1,74

1,74

ns

ns

*

ns

IL17A

4,44

4,54

8,63

8,10

20,53

7,13

6,44

7,50

ns

ns

**

ns

IL12p40

1,62

1,77

57,61

20,32

109,00

36,01

25,95

9,69

ns

*

**

ns

IL23p19

0,04

0,04

0,09

0,08

0,09

0,05

0,10

0,08

*

IL21

0,06

0,05

0,09

0,08

0,10

0,07

0,10

0,09

*

IL22

0,00

0,00

0,01

0,01

0,01

0,01

0,01

0,01

IL10

0,60

0,31

11,93

5,34

3,90

2,01

0,92

1,70

ns

*

ns

ns

  1. Data are expressed as mean of pg/500 μg lung. Statistical analysis for comparison of A/J vs C3H/HeOuJ by the non-parametric Mann-Whitney U test and by nonparametric Kruskal-Wallis test is indicated followed by post-hoc Dunn test to correct for multiple comparisons for a specific murine strain across multiple time-points (*p < 0.05, **p < 0,01) is reported. In bold significance of each value compared with its naïve counterpart. nd: not detectable; ns: not significant.