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Published in final edited form as: J Immunol. 2011 Dec 7;188(2):844–853. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.1101736

Table 3.

Serum cytokine levels during DSS induced colitis. Inflammatory cytokine levels in serum during DSS-induced colitis were evaluated by ELISA. Data are expressed as means ±SEM; n=6–8 mice/group. ND, undetectable.

Cytokine (pg/ml)	DSS treatment
Cytokine (pg/ml)	Day 0	Day 3	Day 6	Day 9	Day 12

TNFα	52.8±5.6	71.0±5.8^*	69.7±8.1	57.8±11.6	52.1±9.3
IL-1β	35.4±8.6	28.5±6.0	39.4±11.2	227.5±22.7^**	144.6±16.4^**
IL-6	70.2±17.6	78.7±10.4	132.2±42.4^***	430.8±109.1^**	173.4±24.0^**
IL-17A	113.6±10.6	108.9±10.9	249.8±24.1	714.1±93.6^** 2	2023.9±172.1^**
MCP-1	30.3±8.6	37.2±9.4	156.8±16.2^**	79.4±18.2^*	22.5±4.3
IFN-γ	51.0±6.7	44.2±7.8	51.1±9.3	40.4±18.0	41.2±6.4
IL-12/23(p40)	55.6±7.3	57.8±6.5	77.4±11.9^*	67.0±6.1	54.6±7.2
IL-4	39.5±4.2	43.6±7.3	ND	ND	ND
IL-10	59.2±20.9	133.6±16.4^*	35.5±12.8	30.4±11.3	27.2±13.6
GM-CSF	ND	65.0±16.3^*	29.4±9.2	21.0±8.4	ND

p<0.05

^**

p<0.01

^***

p<0.001, versus respective controls.