Table 3.

Renal inflammatory cytokine content

Inflammatory Cytokine, pg/mg protein	Sham (n = 14)	TRDNx (n = 16)	ARDNx (n = 16)
IL-1β	31.9 ± 6.8	31.3 ± 5.8	35.6 ± 6.7
IL-2	4.5 ± 0.7	4.5 ± 0.7	4.7 ± 0.7
IL-6	187.8 ± 52.7	214.8 ± 57.2	222.6 ± 52.2
MCP-1	17.9 ± 1.4	19.2 ± 1.2	20.9 ± 1.4
GRO/KC	10.3 ± 3.4	11.8 ± 3.9	11.4 ± 3.3

Data are presented at means ± SE; n, no. of rats. IL-1β, interleukin-1β; IL-2, interleukin-2; IL-6, interleukin-6; MCP-1, monocyte chemoattractant protein-1; GRO/KC, growth-related oncogene/keratinocyte chemoattractant. Cytokine content was normalized to total protein (pg/mg).