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. 2021 May 12;11:10139. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-89629-y

Table 1.

Analysis of circulating cytokine levels in plasma.

Plasma cytokines MA control MA + anaesthesia MA + surgery model (Bup-0.05 mg/kg) MA + surgery model (Bup-0.1 mg/kg) MA + surgery model (Par-75 mg/kg) MA + surgery model (Par-150 mg/kg) F value
Pro-inflammatory
TNF-α

100 ± 4.9

n = 9

112 ± 9

n = 10

135 ± 17

n = 5

117 ± 10

n = 7

227 ± 65*

n = 8

241 ± 63*,#

n = 11

F(5, 44) = 2.258

p = 0.0651

IFN-γ

100 ± 46

n = 10

55 ± 13

n = 10

35 ± 20

n = 5

64 ± 14

n = 7

50 ± 13

n = 10

67 ± 14

n = 11

F(5, 47) = 0.6873

p = 0.6354

IL-1β

100 ± 12

n = 4

150 ± 45

n = 5

165 ± 67

n = 5

225 ± 114

n = 4

134 ± 35

n = 7

195 ± 35

n = 8

F(5, 27) = 0.6073

p = 0.6949

IL-6

100 ± 11

n = 9

230 ± 81

n = 11

157 ± 43

n = 4

330 ± 116*

n = 7

150 ± 34

n = 9

166 ± 29

n = 11

F(5, 45) = 1.517

p = 0.2036

IL-5

100 ± 16

n = 6

136 ± 60

n = 7

498 ± 99*

n = 4

638 ± 276** ##

n = 5

318 ± 63

n = 11

359 ± 97

n = 10

F(5, 37) = 2.810

p = 0.0300

KC/GRO (CXCL1)

100 ± 8

n = 9

102 ± 9

n = 10

81 ± 6

n = 5

85 ± 6

n = 7

114 ± 24

n = 9

129 ± 44

n = 11

F(5, 45) = 0.4344

p = 0.8222

Anti-inflammatory
IL-10

100 ± 6

n = 9

120 ± 13

n = 10

99 ± 6

n = 4

153 ± 29*

n = 7

102 ± 12

n = 9

131 ± 16

n = 11

F(5, 44) = 1.567

p = 0.1892

IL-13

100 ± 6

n = 9

137 ± 39

n = 10

220 ± 102

n = 4

278 ± 69**,#

n = 7

119 ± 24

n = 9

125 ± 20

n = 11

F(5, 44) = 2.752

p = 0.0301

IL-4

100 ± 9

n = 9

116 ± 14

n = 10

92 ± 12

n = 5

151 ± 37

n = 7

95 ± 10

n = 9

135 ± 17

n = 11

F(5, 45) = 1.535

p = 0.1982

Data are expressed as a percentage of the MA Control group (mean ± SEM), n = 5–11 per group. One-way ANOVA followed by Fisher’s LSD analysis **p < 0.01, *p < 0.05 vs. MA control; ##p < 0.01, #p < 0.05 vs. MA + anaesthesia group.