Group of animals | Concentration of cytokine in the lymph of females and males of three months of age | Concentration of cytokine in the lymph of males of nine months of age | |||
cytokines | M ± σ | Me; (LQ-HQ) | M ± σ | Me; ( LQ-HQ) | p |
IL-1α | 10.9 ± 6.3 | 10.1; (4.6 - 16.4) | 27.3 ± 12.7 | 24.9; (15.7 - 37.1) | 0.05 |
IL-1β | 151.2 ± 59.1 | 148.5; (98.8 - 200.9) | 151.7 ± 59.6 | 147.2; (98.2 - 202.3) | 1.0 |
IL-2 | 979.4 ± 349.8 | 979.5; (662.5 - 1296.4) | 722.6 ± 580.8 | 361.7; (243.5 - 1127.6) | 0.2 |
IL-4 | 13.9 ± 7.9 | 18.1; (4.6 - 19.4) | 13.1 ± 9.3 | 9.5; (5.8 - 9.5) | 0.8 |
IL-6 | 4.2 ± 1.6 | 4.8 ; (3.7 - 5.3) | 4.9 ± 1.4 | 5.6; (4.7 - 6.4) | 0.4 |
IL-10 | 255.7 ± 78.1 | 223.7; (203.8 - 275.6) | 233.1 ± 75.9 | 217.2; (177.1 - 283.2) | 0.5 |
GM - CSF | 51.8 ± 43.1 | 46.6; (10.7 - 87.8) | 10.5 ± 4.6 | 9.5; (6.1 - 9.5) | 0.05 |
IFNγ | 134.7 ± 9.6 | 139.6; (132.7 - 141.5) | 128.5 ± 101.9 | 89.2; (34.8 - 209.2) | 0.4 |
TNFα | 2.7 ± 1.2 | 2.2; (1.9 - 3.5) | 2.7 ± 0.9 | 2.7; (2.2 - 3.1) | 0.8 |