Table 1.

Concentrations of TGF-β₁, TNF-α, IL-6 and IL-10 in sera from different groups (ng·L^-1)

Groups	Numbers of rats	TGF-β1	TNF-α	IL-6	IL-10
Control (N)	21	25.49 ± 5.56	15.18 ± 3.83	63.64 ± 13.03	132.90 ± 12.13ab
Fibrogenesis (C)	30	31.13 ± 6.41	18.91 ± 5.31	89.08 ± 25.39	57.63 ± 18.88
IL-10-	30	26.11 ± 5.32	13.99 ± 1.86	74.71 ± 21.15	88.19 ± 20.81c
intervention (E)

^aP < 0.05 vs. C,

^bP < 0.05 vs. E,

^cP > 0.05 vs. C.