Table 2.
Frontal Cortex cytokine profile
| Vapor (35 days) | Withdrawal (1day) | Recovery (28 days) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % Ctrl | MWU | Z | P | % Ctrl | MWU | Z | P | % Ctrl | MWU | Z | P | |
| IL-1α | 148.9 | 11 | −0.3 | 0.74 | 84.7 | 6.5 | −1.2 | 0.23 | 87.4 | 7.5 | −0.6 | 0.52 |
| IL-1β | 94.8 | 20 | −0.6 | 0.57 | 95 | 17.5 | −0.5 | 0.62 | 84 | 5 | −1.8 | 0.07 |
| IL-12p70 | 112.3 | 23.5 | −0.1 | 0.9 | 82 | 8.5 | −1.9 | 0.06 | 90.5 | 9 | −1.1 | 0.26 |
| IL-17A | 99.1 | 24 | −0.1 | 0.95 | 87.5 | 12 | −1.3 | 0.2 | 87.3 | 9.5 | −1 | 0.31 |
| IL-18 | 92.1 | 19 | −0.7 | 0.48 | 107.9 | 18 | −0.4 | 0.67 | 93.2 | 12 | −0.5 | 0.58 |
| TNF α | 118.7 | 17 | −1 | 0.32 | 92.4 | 10 | −1.7 | 0.09 | 91.6 | 8.5 | −1.2 | 0.22 |
| % Ctrl | MWU | Z | P | % Ctrl | MWU | Z | P | % Ctrl | MWU | Z | P | |
| IL-4 | 101.7 | 22.5 | −0.3 | 0.8 | 92.3 | 16 | −0.7 | 0.47 | 88.1 | 6.5 | −1.6 | 0.12 |
| IL-5 | 127.8 | 12 | −0.9 | 0.36 | 72.5 | 8.5 | −1.6 | 0.1 | 90.7 | 7 | −0.5 | 0.59 |
| IL-10 | 103.4 | 22 | −0.3 | 0.75 | 87 | 12 | −1.3 | 0.2 | 77.4 | 8 | −1.3 | 0.2 |
| IL-13 | 141.5 | 17.5 | −0.1 | 0.94 | 69.5 | 6 | −1.7 | 0.09 | 101 | 14 | −0.2 | 0.85 |
| % Ctrl | MWU | Z | P | % Ctrl | MWU | Z | P | % Ctrl | MWU | Z | P | |
| Eotaxin | 104.2 | 23.5 | −0.1 | 0.9 | 95.1 | 9.5 | −1.7 | 0.09 | 96.9 | 7.5 | −1.5 | 0.13 |
| Fractalkine | 92.5 | 14 | −1.3 | 0.18 | 98.7 | 18 | −0.4 | 0.67 | 114.3 | 3 | −2.2 | 0.03 |
| IP-10 | 70.8 | 11 | −1.7 | 0.09 | 120.7 | 8 | −1.9 | 0.06 | 96.9 | 13 | −0.4 | 0.72 |
| LIX | 102.8 | 21.5 | −0.4 | 0.7 | 97.2 | 6.5 | −2.1 | 0.04 | 99.3 | 8.5 | −1.2 | 0.23 |
| RANTES | 101.6 | 19 | −0.7 | 0.48 | 105 | 13 | −1.1 | 0.25 | 92.6 | 8 | −1.3 | 0.2 |
| % Ctrl | MWU | Z | P | % Ctrl | MWU | Z | P | % Ctrl | MWU | Z | P | |
| HMGB1 | 103.2 | 24 | −0.1 | 0.95 | 74.1 | 10 | −1.5 | 0.14 | 75.6 | 5 | −2.2 | 0.03 |
| NF-κB | 112.1 | 16 | −1.1 | 0.28 | 88.6 | 16 | −0.6 | 0.56 | 91.1 | 18 | −0.3 | 0.77 |
| TLR4 | 121.7 | 17 | −1 | 0.34 | 87.1 | 14 | −0.9 | 0.38 | 98.4 | 20 | 0 | 1 |
Percent control (% ctrl) equivalent of the means presented in vapor exposed animals for each cytokine at three time points. Non-parametric statistical results from Mann Whitney U (MWU), Zscore (Z) and P value (p) shown. P values less than 0.05 are shown in bold.