Research Article

Differences in the Antigens of Helicobacter pylori Strains Influence on the Innate Immune Response in the In Vitro Experiments

Table 3

Concentration of cytokines& in supernatant of THP-1 cells stimulated with different H. pylori antigens and with polymyxin B.

Therapy resistant strains* (TRS)Therapy susceptible strains* (TSS)Median difference (95% confidence interval ) value

IL-12 (pg/mL)0425115 (0–456)0.001
IL-6 (pg/mL)0 9.250 (0–19)0.01

TRS group (7 strains) and TSS group (7 strains). &Concentrations in medians. To compare medians we used Mann-Whitney test.