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Table 5 Luminex cytokine assay compared with results from Affymetrix microarray analysis.1

From: Gene expression profiling of human alveolar macrophages infected by B. anthracisspores demonstrates TNF-α and NF-κb are key components of the innate immune response to the pathogen

Cytokine

Luminex

Affymetrix

IL-1α

2.1

5.4

IL-1β

5.4

2.6

IL-2

Spore only, low expressed

Spore only, low expressed

IL-3

Spore only, low expressed

Not expressed

IL-4

Spore only, low expressed

Not expressed

IL-5

Not expressed

Mock only, low expressed

IL-6

23.7

27.2

IL-7

1.4

0.7

IL-8

0.9

1.5

IL-10

4.6

2.5

IL-12p40

1.4

3.1

IL-12p70

2.0

Not available

IL-13

Spore only, low expressed

1.4

IL-15

Not expressed

1.5

GM-CSF

3.6

1.6

IFN-γ

5.8

3.8

TNF-α

51.6

10.6

Eotaxin

Spore only, low expressed

1.1

MCP-1

2.0

1.7

RANTES

4.7

3.3

MIP-1α

1.7

3.0

IP-10

1.7

Not available

IFN-α

0.8

2.0

  1. 1 The data are fold changes over mock.