shoWs pine cone extract induced production
of cytokines in cultures of PBMC derived from tWo different
blood donors. Cytokine production data of one donor is
consistently given in black bars, Whereas data of the other
donor is given in light bars. The diagrams shoW pine cone
induced production of GM-CSF (upper left diagram), IL-1[3
(upper right diagram), IL-6 (loWer left diagram) and TNFO.
(loWer right diagram). Final pine cone extract concentration
in the cultivation media is given in pig/ml. The diagrams
shoW a general increase in cytokine production roughly
proportional to pine cone extract concentration during expo
sure. The inventors could not detect IL-4 or IL-10 in the
media (data not shoWn). No differences in cytokine expres
sion Were observed betWeen cells exposed to pine cone
extracts of method 1 and cells exposed to pine cone extracts
of method 2.
EXAMPLE 9
[0109] Activation of Na'ive Allogeneic T Cells by