. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Apr 30.

Published in final edited form as: Exp Gerontol. 2007 Jan 3;42(5):451–456. doi: 10.1016/j.exger.2006.11.013

TABLE 2.

Serum IL-6 in young and aged mice given burn injury or LPS

Serum IL-6^a in young and aged mice given burn injury or intraperitoneal LPS

	Burn Model		LPS Model

	Sham	Burn	Saline	LPS
Young	n.d.^c	151 ± 25	n.d.	37 ± 27
Aged	116 ± 37	298 ± 73^b	32 ± 9	5151 ± 3000^b

Values are expressed as mean IL-6 pg/ml ± standard error. Twenty-four hours after young and aged mice were given a 15% total body surface area scald, a sham injury, an intraperitoneal injection of LPS (1.5 μg/g body weight), or saline. blood was collected by cardiac puncture and serum assayed for IL-6 by ELISA. Data are shown as mean IL-6 pg/ml ± SEM. N = 8-12 mice per group.

p< 0.05 from all other groups.

n.d. = not detectable