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Table 1 Cytokine production after whole blood stimulation at 24 h (for TNF and for IL-6) and at 72 h (for IFNγ and IL-17)

From: Fusarium ramigenum, a novel human opportunist in a patient with common variable immunodeficiency and cellular immune defects: case report

24 h

IFNγ

Contr.1

Contr.2

Pat.1

Pat.2

RPMI

 

<78

<78

<78

<78

CA

 

3270

3130

1120

890

PHA

 

960

1360

170

220

SA

 

4810

7480

2430

2560

24 h

IL 6

contr.1

contr.2

pat.1

pat.2

RPMI

 

32

63

48

26

CA

 

4700

4100

1730

1560

PHA

 

1535

1900

265

325

SA

 

12500

14000

9500

8700

72 h

IFNγ

contr.1

contr.2

pat.1

pat.2

RPMI

 

10

9

9

<8

CA

 

8940

7160

16

<8

PHA

 

8300

>10000

1000

834

SA

 

1280

1620

12

8

72 h

IL 17

contr.1

contr.2

pat.1

pat.2

RPMI

 

<40

<40

<40

<40

CA

 

<40

<40

<40

<40

PHA

 

300

465

<40

<40

SA

 

<40

<40

<40

<40

  1. Whole blood was stimulated either with RPMI culture medium (unstimulated control), with heat-killed C. albicans (CA), phytohemagluttinine (PHA) or heat-killed S. aureus (SA). Concentrations of the cytokine produced are expressed as pg/mL
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