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Table 5 TNF-α and IL-6 protein concentrations in MDCK culture supernatants (pg/ml) after 72 hr exposure

From: Attenuation of influenza virus infectivity with herbal-marine compound (HESA-A): an in vitro study in MDCK cells

 

TNF-α

IL-6

Treatment

Concentration (Mean ± SD)

Concentration (Mean ± SD)

Negative control

3.94 ± 0.01

2.33 ± 0.00

HESA-A

2.58 ± 0.00

1.33 ± 0.00

Virus

12.88 ± 0.00*

21.67 ± 0.01*

Co-penetration

0.45 ± 0.00

2.00 ± 0.00

Pre-penetration

3.03 ± 0.01

4.00 ± 0.00

Post-penetration

3.64 ± 0.00

5.00 ± 0.00

  1. Concentrations of TNF-α and IL-6 proteins, as determined by ELISA, are expressed as pg/ml (N = 6-8) after a 72 hr incubation time,
  2. *: significantly different from mock-inoculated and treated cells in different experiments (P < 0.05)