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. 2021 Jul 1;11:13690. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-93086-y

Figure 6.

Figure 6

Productivity of inflammatory cytokines from hepatic macrophages in response to LPS stimulation is significantly suppressed in ALDH2*2 transgenic (TG) mice chronically fed ethanol. (A) Study design. WT mice (n = 4) or ALDH2*2 TG mice (n = 4) received a control liquid diet for 5 days and 5% ethanol liquid diet for 6 weeks. (B) Serum aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels. (C) Representative surface CD11b and intracellular TNF-α staining of liver mononuclear cells derived from the indicated mice either unstimulated (upper) or stimulated with LPS for 4 h (lower). (D) Frequency of hepatic TNF-α producing CD11b+ macrophages from the indicated mice either unstimulated (upper) or stimulated with LPS for 4 h (lower). Data represent the mean ± SD. *p value < 0.05 by Student’s paired t-test. N.S.: not significant. Data are representative of two independent experiments.