Veterinary Research

Table 3 Ileal cytokine concentrations in non-infected pigs (NC), Lawsonia intracellularis inoculated pigs (PC), and vaccinated Lawsonia intracellularis inoculated pigs (VAC)

From: Lawsonia intracellularis infected enterocytes lack sucrase-isomaltase which contributes to reduced pig digestive capacity

Item^c	Treatment			SEM	P value
Item^c	NC	PC	VAC	SEM	P value
IL-1α	0.45^y	10.79^x	0.52^y	3.046	0.032
IL-1β	14.17^b	192.63^a	11.07^b	42.50	0.006
IL-1ra	2.83^b	7.68^a	2.93^b	0.901	0.001
IL-2	0.31^b	0.50^a	0.39^ab	0.049	0.028
IL-4	0.09	0.18	0.24	0.072	0.32
IL-6	0.25	1.44	0.37	0.369	0.057
IL-8	91.52	82.49	86.11	9.931	0.812
IL-10	0.07^b	0.21^a	0.10^b	0.021	< 0.001
IL-12	2.22	1.85	1.84	0.343	0.673
IL-18	161.8	130.1	115.6	13.98	0.071

^a,bMeans with differing superscripts differ significantly at P < 0.05.
^x,yMeans with differing superscripts differ significantly at P < 0.10.
^cpg/mg isolated protein.

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