Figure 6.

Glucocorticoid (GC)-priming effect on cellular metabolism. GC-primed cells and untreated cells showed metabolic activity that was not statistically different (except for D2 at 48 hours, P ≤ 0.01), while cells treated with EtOH and cells transfected in basal media alone (std. Transfection) were also not statistically different. Untreated cells and GC primed cells showed significantly increased metabolic activity when compared to std. transfection and EtOH-treated cells at the 48-hour and 72-hour time points (P ≤ 0.001) (except D2 at 48 hours, P ≤ 0.01). All error bars represent standard error of the mean for triplicate wells.