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. 2014 Jan 22;14:7. doi: 10.1186/1472-6823-14-7

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Effects of BSA and HSA on cytokine release from human adipose tissue. Adipose tissue was incubated for 2, 4, 6, 8, and 24 h in albumin-free medium (blue) and medium supplemented with 1% HSA (red), 1% BSA Fraction V (purple), or 1% BSA Essentially Fatty Acid Free (black). Concentrations of nine cytokines in the conditioned media were analyzed with a multiplex immunoassay; (A) granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (B) interferon-γ (C) IL-1β (D) IL-2 (E) IL-6 (F) IL-8 (G) IL-10 (H) IL-12p70 (I) TNF-α. Insets show detailed plots of cytokine release in medium without albumin and in medium with HSA. Concentrations are ng/mL/g adipose tissue for IL-6 and IL-8 and pg/mL/g adipose tissue for the remaining cytokines. Values mean ± SEM (n = 3). Both media containing BSA markedly induced the release of all nine cytokines vs albumin-free medium or medium containing HSA over 24 h (p < 0.001). The two BSA preparations had similar effects, as did HSA and no albumin.