Figure 5. IL-6 receptor antisense prevents exercise-induced hyperalgesia.
In rats that received antisense ODN to gp130 (open squares) for 3 days prior and 3 days after exercise, hyperalgesia in the exercised leg was significantly less than in exercised leg of rats receiving mismatch ODN to gp130 (filled squares). There was a significant effect of treatment in the contralateral limbs (two-way ANOVA F1,60 = 6.5; P = 0.021), with a significant difference only at the 24 h time point (Bonferroni post-hoc test, P<0.001).