Figure 4

Probiotic effects on VK2 cells secretion of cytokines. The mean ± standard error concentrations of cytokines secreted into the basolateral medium by VK2 cells incubated with 17β-estradiol, infected with C. albicans (open bars) and by VK2 cells incubated with 17β-estradiol, infected with C. albicans after treatment with probiotic lactobacilli (solid bars) are compared. *The probiotic-treated group is significantly different from the control group by the paired t-test, P < 0.05.