Table 1

Type‐1, type‐2 and pro-inflammatory cytokine production from tonsillar mononuclear cells stimulated for 24 h with phytohaemagglutinin (PHA), respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and ultraviolet (UV)-inactivated RSV

Cytokine pg·mL⁻¹	Control	PHA	P versus control	RSV	P versus control	UV‐RSV	P versus RSV
IFN‐γ	16.5	209	<0.01	27	<0.05	39*	ns
	<2–88	42–2414		<2–145		<2–274
IL‐12	12.0	10.1	ns	12.1	ns	13.8	ns
	<0.4–91	<0.4–66		<0.4–66		<0.4–62
IL‐15	<2	2.5	ns	2.4	ns	<2	ns
	<2–12.8	<2–16		<2–31		<2–17.6
IL‐18	77	90	<0.05	3752	<0.01	2610**	0.055
	<2–111	<2–1035		595–6181		1396–5414
IL‐4	0.05	10.5	<0.01	0.05	ns	0.05	ns
	<0.05–2.7	<0.05–56		<0.05–3.7		<0.05–4.0
IL‐5	4.5	13.5	<0.01	6.5	ns	10.5*	<0.05
	<2–24	5–58		<2–38		7–48
IL‐10	16.0	95	<0.01	19	ns	11.0	ns
	<2–45	4–613		<2–60		<2–74
IL‐13	7.0	10.0	ns	3.0	ns	2.0	ns
	<2–105	<2–176		<2–123		<2–75
IL‐6	29	758	<0.01	5683	<0.01	3410**	<0.01
	<2–180	59–2863		3437–6315		193–4407
IL‐8	611	1342	<0.01	6722	<0.01	6094**	<0.01
	73–2282	224–2940		3282–7438		4218–6376
RANTES	<2	57	<0.01	2806	<0.01	732**	<0.01
	<2–78	11–861		880–3560		322–1174

Data are presented as median and range unless otherwise stated
IFN‐γ: interferon-gamma
ns: not significant
IL: interleukin
RANTES: regulated on activation, normal T-cell expressed and secreted
*: p<0.05
**: p<0.01 versus control