Figure 2

Determination of IL-1β, IL-6, TNF-α, MIP-1α, IL-10, TGF-β1 and FGFb levels in the cell-free supernatant obtained from monocytes from healthy subjects (CG, n =6), PCM-p before treatment (NTG, n =7) and PCM-p with apparent cure (ACG, n =8). The cells were cultured in the absence (spontaneous production – unstimulated) or presence of lipopolysaccharide - LPS and P. brasiliensis antigen - AgPb (stimulated production). Values are expressed as the mean ± standard deviation and comparisons were performed by ANOVA with Tukey's post-test. Different letters indicate significant differences among the groups (p ≤0.05).