Table 4 Differences in the ratios of pro-inflammatory cytokine levels to anti-inflammatory cytokine levels in immunized mice compared to in control mice.

From: In vitro spleen cell cytokine responses of adult mice immunized with a recombinant PorA (major outer membrane protein [MOMP]) from Campylobacter jejuni

Cytokine ration

Ratio in

P-value for difference

Immmmunized mice

Control mice

IFN-γ/IL-10

6.9

190.3

0.002

IL-12/IL-10

0.3

0.3

0.817

IL-2/IL-10

0.1

0.3

0.083

TNF-α/IL-10

4

3.8

1

IL-17A/IL-10

2.5

4.3

0.355

IL-17F/IL-10

8.5

5.2

0.908

IFN-γ/IL-4

33

12536

0.001

IL-12/IL-4

2.2

26.2

0.001

IL-2/IL-4

0.6

13.6

0.001

TNF-α/IL-4

26.4

243.3

0.001

IL-17A/IL-4

19.3

304.7

0.008

IL-17F/IL-4

76.2

290.6

0.064

IL-8/IL-10

0.4

0.3

0.008

IL-8/IL-4

3.1

12.5

0.001

  1. P value by Mann-Whitney U test.
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