Figure 4.

Effects of Xuebijing injection on the expression of SOCS-1 in CLP-induced septic rats. (A) SOCS-1 mRNA expression levels determined by reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction. Values are expressed as the mean ± standard deviation of 6 rats in each group. *P<0.05 vs. the Con group; ^#P<0.05 vs. the CLP group. (B) A representative Western blot from three experiments is shown; β-actin was used as a loading control. SOCS, suppressors of cytokine signaling; Con group, control group; CLP group, cecal ligation and puncture surgery group; XT group, CLP surgery plus Xuebijing injection treatment.