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Table 2 Correlation coefficients between the concentrations of IFNγ and other cytokines measured in whole blood assay supernatants one month after BCG vaccination

From: Mycobacterium tuberculosis PPD-induced immune biomarkers measurable in vitro following BCG vaccination of UK adolescents by multiplex bead array and intracellular cytokine staining

Biomarker

Spearman correlation with IFNγ responses (r)

TNFα

0.91

GM-CSF

0.87

MIP-1α

0.87

IL-10

0.86

IL-2

0.78

IL-17

0.77

IL-6

0.69

IL-1α

0.56

IL-13

0.55

IP-10

0.19