Research Article

Vaccination with an Attenuated Ferritin Mutant Protects Mice against Virulent Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Table 2

Expression of selected immunity related genes in vaccinated animals.

GenesBCGΔbfrB Immunity type
Mean*SEMean*SE

Il1a 1.280.591.230.57Th1
Il1b −1.090.10−1.050.19Th1
Il10 1.200.211.040.18Th2, Th17
Il13 1.110.141.160.15Th2, Th17
Il12a −5.860.10−2.210.28Th1
Il12b 1.180.381.170.51Th1, Th17
Il18ra −1.040.18−1.190.26Th1
Ccl2 −1.090.111.130.07Th17
Ccl7 −8.650.101.220.64Th2, Th17
Ccl8 −4.120.175.344.82Th2
Ccl12 1.811.044.783.64Th17
Cxcl1 −1.720.387.136.25Th17
Cxcl3 −1.270.374.923.40Th2
Cxcl5 2.531.135.114.55Th17
Cxcl11 −1.030.121.010.08Th1
Tnfa 1.130.59−2.510.29Th1, Th17
Tgfb −1.350.36−1.270.41Th2
Timp1 1.350.461.430.18Th1, Th17
Il1r2 −1.480.22−1.260.21Th2
Nos2 −2.360.13−1.030.39Th1

Values shown are average from eight data points (duplicates of 4 animals per group).