No significant changes, neither in the acute nor in the recovery phase, could be observed for IL-1ra, IL-5, IL-7, IL-12, monocyte chemotactic protein 1 (MCP-1), eotaxin, and platelet-derived growth factor-bb (PDGF-bb; data not
shown). There were no significant changes between any of the cytokine levels measured in the acute versus the recovery phase.