After stimulation with MDP in the presence of LB, even though the differences are not significant, there is a clear trend of increased secretion of IL2, IL6, IL8, IL17 and IFNγ in UC, while no change was observed in CD.
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<i>Ex vivo</i> response to mucosal bacteria and muramyl dipeptide in inflammatory bowel disease.
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In contrast, in the presence of LB UC showed an increasing trend of spontaneous IL8 production, while MDP stimulation resulted in lower IL8 production in the presence of antibiotics.
In contrast, samples from UC showed a trend of increase of cytokines such as IL6 and IL8 when stimulated with MDP in the presence of LB.
The addition of antibiotics to the culture produced only a slight trend towards increased spontaneous cytokine secretion, both in CD and in UC, but no difference was significant, except for increased IL8 secretion in UC.