FIGURE 6.

Inflammatory cytokine levels in lung tissue (left), bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF, middle) and blood serum (right) obtained in sham-operated animals (SHAM, N = 6), and after bilateral occlusion of the common carotid artery (2VO, N = 7) and occlusion of the middle cerebral artery (MCAO, N = 7). IL-1β, interleukin-1β; TNF-α, tumor necrosis factor α; IL-6, interleukin-6; IL-8, interleukin-8. *: p < 0.05.