Table 4.
Inflammatory parameters in blood (mean ± SE)
| Group | Leukocytes (ng/mL) | CRP (mg/dL) | HSP-72 (pg/mL) | IL-6 (pg/mL) | IL-10 (pg/mL) | MIP-1α (pg/mL) |
| Stress (-) | ||||||
| Veh | 5900 ± 240 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 558 ± 27 | BD | BD | 7 ± 1 |
| Cer | 6111 ± 248 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 866 ± 32 | BD | BD | 9 ± 1 |
| Anti-TNF-α + Cer | 6005 ± 244 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 817 ± 49 | BD | BD | 8 ± 1 |
| Stress (+) | ||||||
| Veh | 7139 ± 250 | 1.5 ± 0.2a | 899 ± 63 | 66 ± 6a | 75 ± 5a | 54 ± 4a |
| Cer | 21 222 ± 976a | 24.9 ± 1.3a | 2648 ± 159a | 1115 ± 54a | 1404 ± 148a | 318 ± 23a |
| Anti-TNF-α + Cer | 12 733 ± 586c | 12.4 ± 0.8c | 1805 ± 112c | 417 ± 38c | 596 ± 68c | 127 ± 11b |
a
P < 0.05 vs control-vehicle Stress (-) group;
c
P < 0.05 vs Stress (+) plus Cer group. CRP: C-reactive protein; HSP: Heat shock protein; IL: Interleukin; MIP-1α: Macrophage inflammatory protein-1α; TNF-α: Tumor necrosis factor-α; BD: Below detection limit.