Impact of Albendazole on Cytokine and Chemokine Response Profiles in Echinococcus multilocularis-Inoculated Mice

Table 2

Plasma concentrations of cytokines and chemokines in different groups (pg/ml).

Item/group	Control+ABZ	Control +CMC	E.m+CMC	E.m+ABZ	value
Cytokines
IL-9					>0.05
IL-12					>0.05
IL-17F					>0.05
IL-22					>0.05
IL-23	^Δ,♠	^♦	^♠	^♦,Δ	<0.05
IL-27					>0.05
Chemokines
Eotaxin			^,#	^#	<0.05
GRO-a					>0.05
IP-10					>0.05
MCP-1	^Δ	^♦		^Δ,♦	<0.05
MCP-3					>0.05
MIP-1a					>0.05
MIP-1b	^♠		^♠		>0.05
RANTES					>0.05

The control+CMC group vs. AE+CMC group; ^#the AE+CMC group vs. AE+ABZ group; ^Δthe control+ABZ group vs. AE+ABZ group; ^♦the control+CMC group vs. AE+ABZ group; ^♠the control+ABZ group vs. AE+CMC group. Abbreviations: ABZ: albendazole; CMC: carboxymethyl cellulose; AE: alveolar echinococcosis; IL: interleukin; GRO: growth-related oncogene; IP: interferon- (IFN-) γ-induced protein; MCP: monocyte chemoattractant protein; MIP: macrophage inflammatory protein.