Fig. 6

Cytokines concentration in mice BALF after stimulation with P. aeruginosa culture supernatants. Cytokine levels in BALF of bIL-8 transgenized mice 24 h after intratracheally challenge with bacterial cell-free supernatants from VR1 and VR2 strains grown in presence or absence of AZM (VR1 ± AZM and VR2 ± AZM). Data were expressed as FOI over the control (bacterial growth medium TSB) The experiment was repeated 3 times and each point represents the mean ± standard deviation of 8 animals. Results are reported as mean ± SEM and significance attributed when P < 0.05 (*) or P < 0.01 (**).