Figure 6.

Pro-inflammatory cytokine induction in VEC-100-FT tissue after exposure to whole buffers for 6 and 24 h. Cytokines tested include IL-1α, IL-1β, IL-6, IL-8 and TNF-α (N = 3, Mean ± SD). Cytokine levels in tissue maintenance media were compared to untreated (tissue only) and N9 (0.1 mg/mL) treatment. Significant increase in IL-1α concentration was noted 6 h post treatment with N9 (p = 0.04; unpaired t-test with two-tailed distribution assuming equal variance).