FIGURE 8.
Effects IL-1β on activin B and BMP2 expression in mouse liver. IL-1β was injected intraperitoneally at a dose of 250 ng/mouse. Groups of animals (n = 3/time point) were sacrificed at the indicated times after injection. Liver RNA was prepared and used for estimation of activin B and BMP2 expression by quantitative RT-PCR. A, liver activin B expression. *, p = 0.05; **, p = 0.03. Con, control. B, liver BMP2 expression. The results shown are from one of two similar experiments.