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Table 1 Pulmonary cytokine and chemokine levels in wild-type (WT) and protease-activated receptor-1 (PAR-1 KO) mice 6, 24 and 48 hours after induction of pneumococcal pneumonia.

From: Protease-activated receptor-1 impairs host defense in murine pneumococcal pneumonia: a controlled laboratory study

 

T = 6

T = 24

T = 48

 

WT

n = 8

PAR-1 KO

n = 8

WT

n = 8

PAR-1 KO

n = 8

WT

n = 8

PAR-1 KO

n = 8

TNF-α (pg/ml)

4.45 (3.28-7.10)

5.70 (5.20-7.20)

10.5 (1.30-24.0)

13.0 (3.50-56.1)

27.3 (15.9-40.6)

175 (43.7-215)**

IL-6 (pg/ml)

7.95 (2.50-11.3)

11.6 (10.0-14.7)

227 (23.0-1418)

366 (15.5-1460)

217 (147-382)

770 (397-1642)*

IL-10 (pg/ml)

B.D.

B.D.

44.3 (34.2-66.6)

34.7 (30.5-39.3)

16.9 (10.0-24.8)

25.1 (16.3-169)

IFN-γ (pg/ml)

B.D.

B.D.

11.7 (9.30-17.4)

13.7 (3.10-34.0)

4.80 (2.90-8.85)

16.7 (11.3-23.2)*

MCP-1 (ng/ml)

0.15 (0.13-0.29)

0.19 (0.12-0.28)

8.38 (4.30-9.93)

5.28 (2.48-7.28)

3.29 (2.88-6.34)

5.69 (2.68-10.1)

MIP-2 (ng/ml)

B.D.

B.D.

6.89 (3.81-15.9)

12.6 (0.20-37.6)

1.95 (0.77-17.3)

1.14 (1.01-5.05)

  1. Data are medians (interquartile ranges). TNF-α, tumor necrosis factor-α; IL, interleukin; MCP-1, monocyte chemotactic protein-1; MIP-2, macrophage inflammatory protein-2. B.D., below detection determined. * and ** indicate statistical significance compared to wild-type (WT) (P <0.05 and P <0.01 respectively, Mann-Whitney U test).