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Table 5 Relationships between serum antibody titers and mRNA expression of IL-4 and IL-10. Relationships are given as Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient ρ (in parentheses: P-values). Expression on single study days was correlated with IFAT results of the same study days and with titer development over time (SD 1 to 22 and 29, respectively). Only study days with at least one significant effect are shown. Significant correlations (P ≤ 0.05) are indicated in bold

From: Antibody and cytokine response to Cystoisospora suis infections in immune-competent young pigs

  

IL-4

IL-10

SD

8

15

8

15

IgG against merozoites

8

0.259 (0.072)

/

0.133 (0.361)

/

15

/

0.222 (0.121)

/

-0.000 (0.999)

1–22

0.192 (0.187)

0.149 (0.301)

0.554 (< 0.001)

0.269 (0.059)

1–29

-0.000 (0.999)

0.008 (0.957)

0.393 (0.005)

-0.002 (0.989)

IgA against merozoites

8

0.064 (0.661)

/

0.105 (0.472)

/

15

/

0.049 (0.736)

/

0.056 (0.701)

1–22

0.317 (0.027)

0.264 (0.064)

0.231 (0.110)

0.026 (0.858)

1–29

0.374 (0.008)

0.370 (0.008)

0.151 (0.301)

-0.065 (0.654)

IgG against sporozoites

8

0.200 (0.168)

/

-0.106 (0.467)

/

15

/

0.066 (0.649)

/

-0.182 (0.206)

1–22

0.132 (0.364)

0.047 (0.748)

0.298 (0.038)

0.162 (0.262)

1–29

0.218 (0.133)

0.131 (0.365)

0.218 (0.132)

0.250 (0.079)

IgA against sporozoites

8

0.139 (0.341)

/

0.188 (0.197)

/

15

/

0.214 (0.135)

/

0.286 (0.044)

1–22

0.220 (0.129)

0.104 (0.471)

0.258 (0.074)

0.349 (0.013)

1–29

0.120 (0.410)

0.169 (0.240)

0.243 (0.093)

0.253 (0.076)

  1. Abbreviation: SD study day