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. 2020 Sep 17;10:15316. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-72136-x

Figure 3.

Figure 3

Effect of STAT3 decoy ODN transfection on elevated pro-inflammatory cytokines in mice following CLP-induced sepsis. (A) Blood levels of IL-1β, IL-6, TNF-α, and MCP-1. The blood was collected 18 h after surgery (n = 6), and those cytokine levels were measured by the use of ELISA. (BE) Transcription levels of IL-1β, IL-6, TNF-α, and MCP-1 in lung, liver, kidney, and heart tissues. Tissues were harvested 18 h after surgery (n = 6). The mRNA levels were quantified by real-time PCR. The values were expressed as a fold increase above sham-operated control normalized GAPDH. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, and ***P < 0.001 compared with the respective control (18 h after sham operation). #P < 0.05, ##P < 0.01, ###P < 0.001 compared with CLP alone.