Figure 3.
Dex promotes inflammatory cytokine production in acute ulcerative colitis mice. The indicated cytokine mRNA expression (A,B) was determined by qPCR, and the levels in the control group (phosphate buffered saline; PBS) were set to 1. (C) The indicated mucosal cytokine concentrations were measured by ELISA and are expressed as pg/mg total protein. Representative results are based on one of three or four independent experiments performed with similar results. The data are presented as the mean ± SD (n = 3–5 mice per group). Statistical significance was measured by one-way ANOVA. ***P < 0.001, compared with the indicated groups.
