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Table 3 Cytokine, chemokine and colony stimulating factor concentrations in postnatal brain homogenates

From: Maternal immune activation by poly(I:C) induces expression of cytokines IL-1β and IL-13, chemokine MCP-1 and colony stimulating factor VEGF in fetal mouse brain

 

24 h after injection

 

Control

poly(I:C)

% change

↑ or ↓

Pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines

    

 IL-1α 

ND

ND

  

 IL-1β 

64.5 ± 4.5

68.1 ± 3.5

6

 IL-2 

0.8 ± 0.1

1.1 ± 0.1

42

↑*

 IL-3 

1.1 ± 0.1

2.1 ± 0.3

82

↑**

 IL-4 

ND

ND

  

 IL-5 

ND

ND

  

 IL-6 

9.5 ± 0.5

7.9 ± 0.8

17

 IL-7 

6.9 ± 0.5

5.1 ± 0.7

25

↓*

 IL-9 

129.6 ± 1.8

118.8 ± 4.2

8

↓*

 IL-12(p40) 

ND

ND

  

 IL-12(p70) 

ND

ND

  

 IL-13 

19.7 ± 1.3

33.1 ± 2.5

68

↑**

 IL-15 

19.5 ± 0.9

19.3 ± 1.9

1

 IL-17 

4.6 ± 0.3

5.9 ± 0.5

28

↑*

 IFN-γ

ND

ND

  

 TNF-α 

ND

ND

  

 IL-10 

22.3 ± 0.7

21.3 ± 1.7

4

 LIF 

ND

ND

  

Chemokines

    

 Eotaxin 

27.8 ± 1.2

33.8 ± 2.7

22

↑*

 MCP-1 

6.5 ± 0.5

69.4 ± 23.0

962

↑**

 MIP-1α 

81.4 ± 10.2

83.9 ± 7.2

3

 MIP-1β 

5.8 ± 0.5

8.5 ± 0.8

47

↑*

 RANTES 

1.5 ± 0.2

5.1 ± 1.2

235

↑**

 IP-10 

22.1 ± 1.3

251.0 ± 39.9

1037

↑**

 KC 

3.3 ± 0.2

4.6 ± 0.6

41

↑*

 LIX 

ND

ND

  

 MIG 

38.3 ± 1.5

115.3 ± 19.3

201

↑**

 MIP-2 

4.1 ± 0.3

5.2 ± 0.5

26

↑*

Colony stimulating factors

    

 GM-CSF 

4.9 ± 0.4

6.6 ± 0.9

36

↑*

 G-CSF 

1.4 ± 0.1

1.7 ± 0.2

24

↑*

 M-CSF 

4.7 ± 0.1

5.2 ± 0.4

11

 VEGF 

1.1 ± 0.1

0.9 ± 0.1

24

↓*