Fig. 4.
Comparative effects of DON congeners on IL-1β mRNA expression. Mice were orally gavaged with 8-ketotrichothecenes (A,B) and D3G, EN139528, EN139544 (C,D) at 2.5 mg/kg bw and then spleens removed at 2 h (A,C) or 6 h (B,D) post administration IL-1β mRNA expression was determined by real-time PCR. Data are mean ± SEM (n=6/gp) of mRNA fold change relative to vehicle control and were analyzed as described in Fig. 4 legend