Table 2.
Hepatic and serum TNF-α, hepatic IL-6 and serum NO concentrations in experimental groups (a P <0.001, b P<0.01compared with sham/Saline) (c P<0.05 compared with BDL/Saline, mean±SEM. (One -way ANOVA, bonferroni post-test) (n=7)
| Group | Hepatic TNF-α(Pg/gProtein) |
Hepatic IL-6(Pg/gProtein) |
Serum TNF-α(Pg/ml) |
Serum NO(µM/L) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sham/Saline | 149.2±3.7 | 13.75±0.6 | 4.555±1.1 | 20.50±4.1 |
| Sham/Thl | 140.1±0.7 | 15.37±0.5 | 5.082±0.8 | 23.99±2.3 |
| BDL/Saline | 392.6±0.9a | 22.05±1.9 b | 36.91±1.1a | 54.92±2.864b |
| BDL/Thl | 352.6±1.5c | 19.24±0.9c | 29.60±1.7c | 31.35±1.374c |