FIG. 8.

Harvested peritoneal cells and ex vivo stimulation. Mice identified as moribund or healthy were sacrificed, and the peritoneal cells were recovered. (A) Moribund mice had more macrophages and significantly more polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN) than healthy mice. (B) Ex vivo stimulation induced significantly higher levels of IL-6 in the healthy mice than in the moribund mice. An asterisk indicates that the P value is <0.05 for a comparison of moribund mice and healthy mice (n = 5 for moribund mice and n = 10 for healthy mice).