CCL3 and cyst: Based on our findings, we think that the potential value of measuring cytokine as a marker may lie on longitudinal monitoring in a time frame that allows to observe the changes in cyst development and host’s immune response after intervention; (v) to the best of our knowledge, we report here for the first time that the inflammatory cytokines IL-1β and IL-1Rα, chemokine MIP-1α and MIP-1β were highly expressed against the CE1 stage compared to the other stages.