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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 May 16.
Published in final edited form as: J Toxicol Environ Health A. 2010;73(20):1353–1369. doi: 10.1080/15287394.2010.497436

TABLE 2.

Cytokine and Chemokine Levels (pg/μg Total Protein) in BAL Fluid of Control and TiO2-Exposed Weanling Animals

Substance Controls (n = 6) TiO2 (n = 6)
Eotaxin 0.03 ± 0.006 0.04 ± 0.007
GRO/KC 0.3 ± 0.07 0.6 ± 0.08a
IL-17 0.013 ± 0.003 0.018 ± 0.003
IL-18 0.4 ± 0.04 0.5 ± 0.07
IL-1β 0.04 ± 0.009 0.03 ± 0.01
IL-4 0.05 ± 0.009 0.07 ± 0.01
Leptin 0.1 ± 0.02 0.1 ± 0.02
MCP-1 0.04 ± 0.01 0.03 ± 0.01
RANTES 0.03 ± 0.004 0.02 ± 0.008
TNF-α 0.05 ± 0.004 0.048 ± 0.02
VEGF 0.3 ± 0.04 0.4 ± 0.08
a

Significant at p < .05 vs. controls.