Comparative analysis of cytokine transcript profiles within mediastinal lymph node compartments of pigs after infection with porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome genotype 1 strains differing in pathogenicity

Table 4 Correlations between SU1-Bel RNA and the gene expression of TNF-α, IFN-α, IFN-γ, SOCS1, IL-23p19, IL-10 and TGF-β

		IFN-α	IFN-γ	IL-23	SOCS1	IL-10	TGF-β	ORF7 PRRSV
TNF-α	F	−0.047	−0.146	0.651**	−0.254	0.292	0.471	−0.683**
	IF	−0.419	−0.188	0.107	−0.211	−0.404	0.167	−0.240
	T	−0.138	−0.165	0.436	−0.164	−0.181	0.266	−0.549*
IFN-α	F		−0.401	0.060	−0.449	0.165	0.649**	−.273
	IF		−0.186	−0.557*	−0.258	0.339	0.193	−0.044
	T		−0.402	−0.250	−0.629*	0.373	0.433	−0.265
IFN-γ	F			−0.040	0.432	−0.327	−0.229	0.353
	IF			0.298	0.300	−0.347	−0.079	0.082
	T			0.147	0.476	−0.169	−0.267	−0.74
IL-23	F				−0.037	0.004	0.455	−0.416
	IF				0.594*	−0.318	−0.216	−0.124
	T				0.496*	−0.178	−0.573*	−0.530*
SOCS1	F					−0.406	−0.481	0.515*
	IF					0.002	−0.341	−0.245
	T					−0.121	−0.181	−0.089
IL-10	F						0.088	−0.384
	IF						−0.283	−0.108
	T						−0.246	−0.093
TGF-β	F							−0.541*
	IF							0.052
	T							−0.263

*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01. F (follicle of Med-LN), IF (interfollicular area of Med-LN) and T (Total cortical compartments of Med-LN).

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