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. 2016 Sep 7;7:386. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2016.00386

Table 2.

Pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines in the serum and adipose tissues.

Parameters SS SD TS TD
TNFα (pg.mL−1) serum 9.92 ± 3.25 37.81 ± 7.27** 11.30 ± 3.64 13.20 ± 3.24##
MCP-1 (pg.mL−1) serum 123.5 ± 25.09 113.0 ± 13.66 137.2 ± 25.66 87.04 ± 22.61
TNFα (pg.mL−1) epididymal fat 335.3 ± 71.18 1143.0 ± 15.3*** 383.0 ± 18.5 351.8 ± 81.13###
MCP-1 (pg.mL−1) epididymal fat 70.79 ± 15.01 195.2 ± 14.73*** 79.30 ± 16.77 67.89 ± 9.02###
TNFα (pg.mL−1) periaortic fat 1541.0 ± 191.6 1515.0 ± 32.4 1019.0 ± 30.2 1498.5 ± 84.5
MCP-1 (pg.mL−1) periaortic fat 58.30 ± 8.11 48.81 ± 7.19 43.25 ± 8.26 56.08 ± 11.39

SS, sedentary + standard chow group; SD, sedentary + high-sugar diet group; TS, trained + standard chow group; TD, trained + high-sugar diet group. *SS × SD; #SD × TD.

**

p < 0.01,

***

p < 0.001;

##

p < 0.01, and

###

p < 0.001; one-way ANOVA with Tukey post-hoc test, n = 8 animals per group.