Cytokine and chemokine levels in lungs and plasma.

<p>Lung cytokine (TNF-α, L-1β, IL-6, IL-10) (A–D), chemokine (KC and MIP-2) (E–F) and plasma cytokine (TNF-α, L-1β, IL-6 ) levels (G–I), 6, 24 and 48 hours after intranasal <i>K. pneumoniae</i> infection in Wt (grey) and <i>mrp14^−/−</i> mice (white). Data are expressed as box-and-whisker diagrams depicting the smallest observation, lower quartile, median, upper quartile and largest observation (8 mice per group at each time point). * p<0.05, ** p<0.01 versus Wt mice.