Comparative analysis of cytokine transcript profiles within mediastinal lymph node compartments of pigs after infection with porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome genotype 1 strains differing in pathogenicity

Table 3 Correlations between 215–06 RNA and the gene expression of TNF-α, IFN-α, IFN-γ, SOCS1, IL-23p19, IL-10 and TGF-β

		IFN-α	IFN-γ	IL-23	SOCS1	IL-10	TGF-β	ORF7 PRRSV
TNF-α	F	0.66	−0.015	0.679*	0.462	−0.169	0.919**	0.099
	IF	−0.149	0.490*	0.239	0.081	0.204	0.438	0.133
	T	−0.010	0.349	0.380	0.123	0.254	0.386	−0.024
IFN-α	F		−0.316	−0.482	−0.445	−0.666*	0.073	0.129
	IF		0.145	0.091	−0.399	−0.137	0.188	0.252
	T		−0.077	0.070	−0371	−0.476*	0.378	0.205
IFN-γ	F			0.016	0.193	0.257	0.067	0.612*
	IF			0.002	−0.385	−0.123	0.808**	0.661**
	T			−0.068	0.133	0.178	0.436	0.524*
IL-23	F				0.233	0.266	0.526	−0.208
	IF				0.135	0.324	−0.225	0.017
	T				0.395	0.403	0.070	−0.022
SOCS1	F					0.362	0.420	−0.013
	IF					0.374	−0.267	−0.221
	T					0.560*	0.206	−0.201
IL-10	F						−0.173	−0.114
	IF						−0.261	−0.334
	T						0.124	−0.341
TGF-β	F							0.235
	IF							0.582*
	T							0.276

*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01. F (follicle of Med-LN), IF (interfollicular area of Med-LN) and T (Total cortical compartments of Med-LN).

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