Table 1. Plasma cytokine levels (pg/mL) 4 hours after reperfusion in rats fed ad libitum (AL) or fasted for 3 days (FA) prior to tMCAO; IFN, interferon; IL, interleukin, CXCL1, C-X-C motif ligand 1; TNF, tumor necrosis factor.

4hr plasma cytokines	IFNα	IL1β	CXCL1	TNFα	IL4	IL5	IL13
AL (n = 6)	11.7±3.8	49.3±9.7	9874±2069	25.4±6.3	7.2±1.7	132.7±26.1	0.3±0.3
FA (n = 6)	5.0±2.1	55.3±14.3	7205±2388	12.9±7.0	5.3±1.5	87.2±23.3	0.3±0.2
p-value	0.16	0.74	0.42	0.22	0.42	0.22	0.94