Effect of neutrophils depletion on cytokine levels in lungs during the chronic stage of <i>P</i>. <i>brasiliensis</i> infection.

<p>BALB/c mice were infected with 1.5x10⁶ <i>P</i>. <i>brasiliensis</i> (Pb18) yeast cells and treated with an isotype control Ab or anti-Ly6G mAb at 4 weeks post-challenge and analyzed at 12 weeks post-infection. Cytokines levels associated with inflammatory response from lungs of mice were measured by Luminex 200 system as described in the Materials and Methods section. Data shown represent median and IQR (n = 4–5 mice/group; representative of two independent experiments). *, P<0.05, **, P<0.01 and ***, P<0.001 comparing infected untreated mice versus control mice, or comparing infected-anti-Ly6G mAb treated mice versus infected-untreated mice. PBS, control mice; PBS + Iso, control mice treated with isotype control Ab (clone: 2A3); PBS + anti-neutrophils, control mice treated with anti-Ly6G mAb (clone: 1A8); <i>Pb18</i>, infected-untreated mice; <i>Pb18</i> + Iso, infected mice treated with isotype control Ab; <i>Pb18</i> + anti-neutrophils, infected mice treated with anti-Ly6G mAb.