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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Sep 18.
Published in final edited form as: Neurosci Lett. 2009 Jun 17;461(2):85–89. doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2009.06.004

Fig. 1. Effect of MeHg, CdCl2and HgCl2on IL-6 release and cellular viability in primary mouse glia.

Fig. 1

Mouse glia were treated with MeHg, CdCl2 or HgCl2 overnight (>18 hrs), and then the medium in each well was collected for IL-6 ELISA and cellular viability was determined by the MTT viability assay. Results indicated that MeHg (Fig. 1A) caused concentration-dependent decrease of viability (open circles, left-side axis) and concurrent increase of IL-6 release (solid circles, right-side axis). Both CdCl2 (Fig. 1B) and HgCl2 (Fig. 1C) caused concentration-dependent decrease of viability (open circles, left-side axis). However, these two agents did not induce IL-6 release (solid circles, right-side axis).