Table 1.

Plasma cytokines 4 h after LPS in mice exposed to MA.

	0 mg/kg MA		5 mg/kg MA		p
	Saline	LPS	Saline	LPS	MA	LPS	MA × LPS
IL-1β	124.63 ± 47.25	253.4 ± 47.48	226.77 ± 10.97	135.57 ± 12.7	0.82	0.59	0.0078#
IL-6	36.61 ± 11.41	662.74 ± 426.8	33.54 ± 9.27	1557.7 ± 196.1	0.08	0.006*	0.08
TNFα	278.61 ± 78.1	501.02 ± 106.5	268.05 ± 33.3	225.49 ± 32.7	0.06	0.22	0.08
IL-10	107.89 ± 28.2	220.43 ± 33.9	111.0 ± 10.57	287.12 ± 69.4	0.42	0.005*	0.46

Mice were given four injections of saline or MA (5 mg/kg) i.p. at 2 h intervals. Twenty-four hours after the first MA injection, mice were given either saline or LPS (100 μg/kg) and blood was collected at 4 h post-injection. *p < 0.01, different from saline controls. ^#p < 0.01 MA × LPS interaction