Figure 5.
IL-17 and NETs initiate liver injury exacerbated by administration of rIL-17 administration and modulated by administration of DNAse. (A) Serum ALT levels of mice after liver I/R in various treatment groups. In the presence of DNase, a NET inhibitor, the effects of rIL-17 were significantly ameliorated as evident by serum ALT levels. This correlated with decreased NET formation as seen in (B). (C and D) DyNA analysis of I/R livers of mice treated with DNAse reveal disassembly of the inflammatory network with a significant decrease in the number and complexity of inflammatory mediator connections compared to control mice.