Fig. 5.
Zinc deficiency enhances the acute phase response in response to sepsis. A: the mRNA levels of serum amyloid A 1/2 (SAA1/2) were measured by real-time PCR (n = 5 animals per treatment group). B: blood was obtained from the same animals at 6 or 24 h following CLP, and SAA levels were measured by ELISA. n = 5 per group; *Zn−/CLP vs. Ctrl/CLP, P < 0.05; ‡Zn+/CLP vs. Zn−/CLP, P < 0.05.
