trending towards significancep = 0.067
However, further statistical analysis (Tukey’s post hoc test) revealed significant differences between these two groups only for IL-6 and IL-17A (p = 0.011 and p = 0.002, respectively) while a difference trending towards significance was found for IFNγ (p = 0.067), most likely because of the high variability observed within the 3 short-term treatment groups for this cytokine.