Fig. 2

Ex vivo cytokine production capacity of circulating monocytes from patients with community-acquired pneumonia in the acute and recovery stage. Boxplots depicting A tumor necrosis factor (TNF), B interleukin (IL-)1β, C IL-6, and D IL-10 production by circulating monocytes in response to stimulation with Escherichia coli lipopolysaccharide (LPS, 100 ng/mL) for 24 h. Data are expressed as box and whisker diagrams depicting the median and lower quartile, upper quartile, and their respective 1.5 interquartile range as whiskers (as specified by Tukey). *Kruskal-Wallis Dunn’s post hoc test p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001