B3. IL-6 level of rats in each group measured by ELISA.
	Sham	HI	HI+S	F value	DF
IL-6 (ng/L)	101.1±9.5	201.4±24.7*	158.7±20.1**	41.29	2

One-way ANOVA was used to compare the mean difference among the three groups. Tukey’s multiple comparisons test was used for post hoc test.

^*p<0.001 between sham group and HI group,

^**p<0.05 between HI group and HI+S group.