Table 4.

Cytokines secreted by untreated and LPS- (100 ng/mL) treated shTTP cells during 48 h incubation. Arbitrary units compared to positive controls (100) are presented. Mean±SEM (n = 3).

Cytokine	Medium without cells	shTTP cells
		Untreated	LPS-treated
GCSF	2.3	3.6	32.0**
IL-6	2.4	3.5	258.0**
IL-12 p40	1.8	2.9	41.6**
IL-12	1.7	3.6	44.3**
LIX	4.0	6.2	85.2**
MCP-1	4.4	46.3	349.1**
MCP-5	3.3	3.5	11.0**
MIP-2	4.2	33.6	182.3**
RANTES	3.0	4.6	57.5**
sTNF RII	3.9	12.1	27.3**
TNF-α	3.7	7.2	149.0**

** P < .01 for the difference between untreated and LPS-treated shTTP cells.