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. 2009 Sep;128(1 Pt 2):e335–e342. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2567.2008.02967.x

Table 1.

Effect of the turpentine-induced acute-phase response on cytokine concentrations in peritoneal lavage fluid and plasma 2 hr after infection

Peritoneal lavage fluid
Plasma
Cytokine (pg/ml) Control Turpentine Control Turpentine
TNF-α 27 ± 5 14 ± 3* 34 ± 7 34 ± 5
IL-6 956 ± 114 494 ± 134* 379 ± 99 666 ± 46*
IL-10 78 ± 14 77 ± 8 63 ± 16 57 ± 17
MCP-1 419 ± 63 261 ± 57* 228 ± 58 203 ± 21

Mice were inoculated intraperitoneally with 108 colony-fomring units Enterococcus faecium 1 day after subcutaneous turpentine or saline injections. Data are mean ± SEM, n = 8 mice/group. *P< 0·05 compared to saline-injected mice.

IL-6 and IL-10, interleukin-6 and -10; MCP-1, monocyte chemoattractant protein-1; tumour necrosis factor-α (TNF-α).