Interleukin 6 and interferon gamma haplotypes are related to cytokine serum levels in dogs in an endemic Leishmania infantum region

Table 2 Serum levels of cytokines analysed in Boxer and Ibizan Hound

Cytokine^a	Boxer^b (Mean ± SD)	Ibizan Hound^b (Mean ± SD)	Mean square	F value	P-value
IFN-γ	0.19 ± 0.05	0.49 ± 0.05	1.14	16.95	0.0001
IL-2	46.70 ± 4.54	64.55 ± 4.54	4460.00	7.72	0.0075
IL-6	0.56 ± 0.09	0.59 ± 0.08	0.01	1.29	0.2611
IL-8	230.04 ± 23.11	136.33 ± 23.55	116,315.75	8.06	0.0065
IL-18	36.37 ± 30.59	492.10 ± 31.18	2,750,907.87	108.85	< 0.0001

p-values < 0.05 are statistically significant and shown in bold
^aIFN interferon; IL interleukin
^bSerum levels of IFN-γ, IL-2 and IL-6 were measured in ng/ml, whereas serum levels of IL-8 and IL-18 were measured in pg/ml

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