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Table 1 Correlations between antigen-specific cytokine-producing CD4+ memory T cells and Abs

From: Booster vaccination against tetanus and diphtheria: insufficient protection against diphtheria in young and elderly adults

 

Tetanus

Diphtheria

Cytokine

rs

p-value

rs

p-value

IFN-γ

−0.059

0.715

0.195

0.204

TNF-α

−0.078

0.626

0.214

0.180

IL-2

0.067

0.678

0.398

0.010

IL-4

−0.090

0.563

0.067

0.665

IL-10

0.001

0.996

0.091

0.570

IL-17

−0.223

0.160

−0.110

0.494

IL-21

−0.018

0.913

−0.309

0.049

TGF-β

0.054

0.739

0.200

0.192

GM-CSF

−0.019

0.906

0.347

0.026

  1. Correlations were performed with pooled data from both age groups (n = 44)
  2. Abbreviation: r S spearman’s rank correlation coefficient
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Immunity & Ageing

ISSN: 1742-4933

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