Induction of cytokine response in MH-S cells after 24h post-exposure to <i>M. immunogenum</i> 700506.

<p><b>A.</b> Effect of varying the infection dose on the expression of different cytokines in MH-S cells at 24h post-infection (<b>a</b>) IL-1α (<b>b</b>) IL-1β, (<b>c</b>) TNF-α, (<b>d</b>) IL-6, (<b>e</b>) GM-CSF. <b>B.</b> Time course of expression of different cytokines in MH-S cells exposed to an infection dose of 100 MOI (<b>a</b>) IL-1α (<b>b</b>) IL-1β, (<b>c</b>) TNF-α, (<b>d</b>) IL-6, (<b>e</b>) GM-CSF. Values are presented as means ± standard deviations calculated based on the data obtained from three independent experiments; each experiment was done in triplicate. A statistically significant (<i>P</i>≤0.05) value as compared to vehicle control is indicated by an asterisk (*).