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. 2013 Nov 4;12:160. doi: 10.1186/1475-2840-12-160

Table 1.

Plasma inflammatory cytokines and adipokines in HFD and db/db mice treated with corresponding interventions

HFD mice
 
CT
PHZ
ViL
VaL
ViLVaL
CRP (ng/mL)
51.6 ± 6.1
46.1 ± 4.0 (0.18)
39.7 ± 3.4* (0.027)
44.0 ± 4.9* (0.043)
35.9 ± 2.2** (0.0042)
TNF-α (pg/mL)
12.9 ± 1.6
12.7 ± 1.5 (0.53)
10.9 ± 0.7* (0.023)
10.0 ± 0.6* (0.029)
9.0 ± 0.6* (0.011)
IL-6 (pg/mL)
11.1 ± 1.1
10.8 ± 1.0 (0.13)
9.8 ± 0.6 (0.09)
10.8 ± 0.5 (0.07)
8.7 ± 0.5* (0.032)
MCP-1 (pg/mL)
76.4 ± 7.3
73.5 ± 5.6 (0.21)
67.8 ± 4.5 (0.64)
59.4 ± 5.0* (0.033)
45.7 ± 3.6** (0.003)
Leptin (ng/mL)
15.6 ± 1.1
15.3 ± 1.0 (0.32)
15.0 ± 0.9 (0.53)
15.1 ± 0.5 (0.074)
15.0 ± 0.09 (0.09)
Adiponectin (μg/dL)
8.7 ± 0.9
8.4 ± 0.7 (0.28)
9.8 ± 0.5* (0.031)
8.8 ± 0.6 (0.09)
10.8 ± 0.5** (0.004)
db/db mice
 
CT
PHZ
ViL
VaL
ViLVaL
CRP (ng/mL)
70.1 ± 4.1
55.1 ± 2.3* (0.039)
46.4 ± 3.9* (0.012)
53.3 ± 4.9* (0.024)
38.5 ± 3.6** (0.007)
TNF-α (pg/mL)
18.6 ± 1.0
15.6 ± 1.6 (0.24)
11.8 ± 0.7** (0.002)
10.1 ± 0.5** (0.0042)
10.2 ± 0.5** (0.0002)
IL-6 (pg/mL)
17.1 ± 0.9
14.3 ± 0.8 (0.11)
13.2 ± 0.8* (0.045)
12.1 ± 0.8* (0.043)
11.9 ± 0.8* (0.039)
MCP-1 (pg/mL)
118.7 ± 8.6
105.6 ± 7.3 (0.43)
73.5 ± 3.9** (0.0002)
68.2 ± 5.6** (0.003)
56.4 ± 3.1** (0.0005)
Leptin (ng/mL)
23.2 ± 1.4
22.6 ± 1.1 (0.18)
22.1 ± 1.1 (0.26)
23.5 ± 0.7 (0.31)
23.1 ± 0.7 (0.85)
Adiponectin (μg/dL) 6.1 ± 0.6 7.2 ± 0.5 (0.07) 7.7 ± 0.5* (0.0015) 6.9 ± 0.4 (0.078) 7.15 ± 0.5* (0.0043)

Values represent mean ± SEM, n = 12 – 14.

*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01 compared with the CT group. p < 0.05 compared with the ViL group.

The numbers in parenthesis indicate p values.