IL6 and infection: As shown in Figure 3 (respectively, Table 3), we detected a marked increase in the IL-6, IL-8, and IL-1α gene expression in the HaCaT cells following an infection with M. furfur after 24 h of incubation; the infection boosted IL-6 and IL-1α by a factor of ≈3 compared to uninfected HaCaT cells, while IL-8 increased almost by a factor of ≈5.