Fig. 3

Effects of different doses of farnesol in the secretion of cytokines by the VK2/E6E7 cells. VK2 cells cultivated alone (V), infected with C. albicans for 12 h (V + C), and infected as well as treated with 25/50µM farnesol for another 24 h (V + C + F25/50). Cytokine levels of the supernatants were measured after 36 h for all the treatments. *, significant difference compared to the V + C group (P < 0.05); **, significant difference compared to the V + C group (P < 0.01); ***, significant difference compared to the V + C group (P < 0.001). ^#, significant difference compared to the V + C + F50 group (P < 0.05); ^##, significant difference compared to the V + C + F50 group (P < 0.01); ^###, significant difference compared to the V + C + F50 group (P < 0.001). The panels shared the same data for V, V + C, and V + C + F50 as in Fig. 2