Putative modulation of the gut microbiome by probiotics enhances preference for novelty in a preliminary double-blind placebo-controlled study in ferrets

Table 2 Cytokine concentration before and 3 h after PolyIC or PBS injection in mother animals of the ferrets investigated in this study

	Cytokine concentration (pg/ml)
	PolyIC (n = 4)		PBS (n = 4)
	Before	After	Before	After
IL1-β	16.6 ± 8	24.2 ± 30.2	7.9 ± 13.7	10.2 ± 18
IL-2	5.3 ± 8.6	111.8 ± 166.1	6.6 ± 7.6	5.6 ± 6.4
IL-6	15 ± 14	116.7 ± 127.2	9.2 ± 8	7.9 ± 6.9 #
INF-γ	46 ± 72.7	10.5 ± 1.7	14.5 ± 21.3	14.6 ± 21.3
TNF-α	7.8 ± 6.7	164.9 ± 151.2	6.1 ± 7	4.9 ± 5.8 *

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