Table 3

Conditioned medium made in the presence of IL-10 evokes less epithelial dysfunction

% of Control response
PBMC-SEB CM (50%)PBMC-SEB CM (50%) made in the presence of IL-103-a
Transepithelial resistance46.9  ±  3.2b 71.2  ± 6.2c
ΔIsc to forskolin35.8  ± 3.8b 71.1  ± 6.5c
  • CM, conditioned media from PBMC (106/ml) exposed to SEB (1 μg/ml) for 24 hr.

  • 3-a IL-10 (10 ng/ml) was added to PBMC+SEB cultures and CM collected 24 hr later. b cP < .05 compared with control and other group; n = 8 T84 monolayers; mean + S.E.M.