Table 5 Cytokine profiles corresponding to human PBMCs infected by T. gondii and incubated with phytoecdysteroids or concanavalin A

From: Phytoecdysteroids as modulators of the Toxoplasma gondii growth rate in human and mouse cells

		Cytokine levels [pg/mL]
PBMCs and Toxoplasma		control	α-ecdysone			20-hydroxyecdysone			ConA
		IFN-γ
		0	2	10	20	2	20	100	2.5
A.	mean	579.94	668.42	644.86	601.85	612.61	603.78	615.51	1040.90*
N = 49	SD	552.02	541.49	515.38	500.54	540.02	524.31	522.29	543.24
	median	362.98	441.04	448.27	494.70	464.31	422.97	492.39	941.43
B.	mean	58.30	91.36	79.17	74.69	67.42	64.34	75.88	171.39*
N = 10	SD	35.80	65.93	50.10	46.09	35.78	40.41	50.66	68.67
	median	61.19	68.31	71.24	83.38	65.14	59.40	75.96	163.96
		IL-10
A.	mean	622.90	542.24	616.43	706.24	608.92	660.99	623.21	728.45
N = 46	SD	309.04	338.16	292.83	350.71	311.57	309.01	328.14	589.63
	median	521.62	455.37	491.01	566.36	562.35	523.13	500.08	681.18
B.	mean	68.94	46.73	65.46	81.36	51.35	57.03	62.39	88.98
N = 12	SD	51.28	33.14	44.68	46.89	31.61	41.42	45.79	51.47
	median	41.48	38.49	40.54	56.04	40.38	37.97	39.59	68.94

PBMCs were derived from individuals who responded (A) or did not respond (B) to phytoecdysteroids. The statistically significant differences (p < 0.05) were labeled with an asterisk (*)

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