Anti-inflammatory effects of antibacterials on human bronchial epithelial cells

Respiratory Research

Table 1 Concentrations of cefuroxime (CXM), azithromycin (AZM), levofloxacin (LVX) and moxifloxacin (MXF) used for incubation experiments

	Concentration	TNF-α(10 ng/ml)	IL-8	GM-CSF	IL-8 PCR	GM-GSF PCR
CXM	10 mg/l	+	n = 11	n = 11	-	-
	25 mg/l	+	n = 17	n = 17	-	-
	62.5 mg/l	+	n = 11	n = 11	n = 11	n = 10
	62.5 mg/l	-	n = 11	n = 11	n = 11	n = 10
AZM	0.5 mg/l	+	n = 12	n = 10	-	-
	1.0 mg/l	+	n = 12	n = 10	-	-
	1.5 mg/l	+	n = 12	n = 10	n = 10	n = 11
	1.5 mg/l	-	n = 11	n = 8	n = 11	n = 11
LVX	1 mg/l	+	n = 12	n = 11	-	-
	4 mg/l	+	n = 16	n = 18	-	-
	8 mg/l	+	n = 11	n = 11	n = 11	n = 11
	8 mg/l	-	n = 10	n = 11	n = 11	n = 11
MXF	1 mg/l	+	n = 24	n = 22	-	-
	4 mg/l	+	n = 25	n = 23	-	-
	8 mg/l	+	n = 23	n = 23	-	-
	16 mg/l	+	n = 14	n = 14	n = 14	n = 14
	8 mg/l	-	n = 11	n = 11	n = 11	n = 11

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