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. 2014 Aug 12;9(8):e105131. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0105131

Table 1. The effects of celastrol on secretions of cytokines and chemokines in ATRA-induced NB4 cells.

Groups (n = 3)
Control Celastrol ATRA ATRA+Celastrol
IL-1β 24 h 2.7±0.9 2.4±0.8 2.4±0.7 2.6±0.6
(pg/mL) 48 h 6.4±1.0 4.3±1.2 8.3±0.9 4.4±0.8*
96 h 6.4±1.0 6.4±2.0 31.6±2.6 22.5±3*
TNF-α 24 h 12.8±0.8 13.1±0.5 7.9±0.4 8.9±0.8
(pg/mL) 48 h 19.7±1.0 17.1±1.1 17.5±1.2 13.1±1.3
96 h 40.7±2.3 36.1±2.1 648.9±34.0 365.1±23.0**
IL-8 24 h 978.4±18.1 1135.4±160.6 1135.4±320.7 1135.4±242.8
(pg/mL) 48 h 2594.5±89.9 3578.5±256.2 22306.5±783.1 19186.6±543.2
96 h 1441.6±22.6 1800.5±390.4 27395.1±916.9 27156.1±256.3
MCP-1 24 h ND ND ND ND
(pg/mL) 48 h ND ND ND ND
96 h 908.0±31.2 784.6±22.3 56339.6±1687.3 56206.2±1965.4

Note: * and ** represent P<0.05 and P<0.01, respectively, when compared with DMSO control; ND means ‘not detected’.