Table 2.

TNFα, IL-6 and RANTES serum values for young adult and old rats

	TNFα (pg/ml)			IL-6 (pg/ml)			RANTES (pg/ml)
	Amb	HS	HSRE	Amb	HS	HSRE	Amb	HS	HSRE
6 months	13.1 ± 1.1	15.5 ± 2.1	12.5 ± 1.0	78.4 ± 13.3	121.4 ± 27.0	198.9 ± 78.5	3851 ± 441	3357 ± 281	3159 ± 293 #
32 months	12.6 ± 1.3	14.0 ± 1.0	15.6 ± 2.4	382.8 ± 131.5 *	436.2 ± 76.8 *	808.8 ± 251.3 *	5381 ± 990	3646 ± 542	3216 ± 354 #

Amb: ambulatory; HS: hind limb suspended; HSRE: reloaded

^*indicates a main effect for age;

^#indicates main effect for difference between Amb and HSRE

Values are means ± SE