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Table 3 In vitro TNF-α levels in stimulated peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC)

From: Serological responses to prednisolone treatment in leprosy reactions: study of TNF-α, antibodies to phenolic glycolipid-1, lipoarabinomanan, ceramide and S100-B

S. no

Description

Healthy subjects (n = 11)

Leprosy patients (n = 13)

1

Unstimulated Media

0.23 ± 0.11

0.09 ± 0.05

2

PHA + conA

0.81 ± 0.66

1.08 ± 0.56

3

Methyl prednisolone (DC)

0.42 ± 0.46

0.22 ± 0.08

  1. In vitro TNF-α levels in unstimulated media, PHA + conA stimulated and methyl prednisolone (DC) was expressed as optical density (OD) as mean ± SD.
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