Table 3.

Comparison of the protein levels of tumour necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and interleukin-1β (IL-1β) in lung tissues in each group of rats.

Group	TNF-α, mg/ml	IL-1β, μg/l
Sham group, n = 20	1.31 ± 0.02	0.22 ± 0.04
I/R group, n = 20	4.29 ± 0.17a	0.71 ± 0.03a
I/R+Cur group, n = 20	1.87 ± 0.19b	0.31 ± 0.05b
I/R+Cur+antagomir-21 group, n = 20	4.03 ± 0.56c	0.68 ± 0.03c

Data presented as mean ± SD.

^aP < 0.05 compared with the sham group; ^bP < 0.05 compared with the I/R group; ^cP < 0.05 compared with the I/R+Cur group; one-way analysis of variance and the least significant differences post-hoc test were used to compare the groups.

I/R, ischaemia-reperfusion; Cur, curcumin; antagomir-21, inhibitor of agomir-21.