IL-17-Expressing CD4+ and CD8+ T Lymphocytes in Human Toxoplasmosis
Figure 1
Cytokine production by PBMCs in culture supernatants stimulated with T. gondii. The horizontal line indicates the median, open circles indicate the T. gondii seronegative subjects, and filled circles indicate seropositive subjects. (a) expression from cells of seronegative and seropositive parturient women without the stimulus; #IL-4 expression from cells of seronegative parturient and nonpregnant women without the stimulus; (b) expression from cells of seronegative and seropositive parturient women without the stimulus and after stimulation with live tachyzoites; #IL-5 expression from cells of seronegative parturient or nonpregnant women without the stimulus; ϕIL-5 expression from cells of seropositive parturient or nonpregnant women after stimulation with live tachyzoites; (c) expression from cells of seronegative or seropositive parturient women after stimulation with live tachyzoites; #IL-10 expression from cells of seropositive parturient or nonpregnant women after stimulation with live tachyzoites; (d) -α expression from cells of seropositive or seronegative parturient women after stimulation with live tachyzoites. (, Wilcoxon test). #,ϕSignificant differences between the PMBCs of seropositive nonpregnant and parturient women stimulated with the T. gondii strain (, Mann-Whitney test).
