Figure 4.

Tumor necrosis factor alpha K(TNF-α), interleukin-6 (IL-6), and interleukin-1 beta (IL-1β) cytokines levels of the hippocampus of mice with sepsis on the seventh day (n = 8). The mean values are tabulated with mean ± standard deviation, and the p-value is the relative situation of the corresponding group to the model group. Normal: untreated mice; model: mice with induced sepsis; LcS: 5 × 10⁷ CFU/kg-treated mice with sepsis; geniposide: 50 mg/kg geniposide-treated mice with sepsis; dexamethasone: 1 mg/kg dexamethasone-treated mice with sepsis; LcS + geniposide: 5 × 10⁷ CFU/kg LcS and 50 mg/kg geniposide-treated mice with sepsis. ^a−eMean values with different letters over the bar are significantly different (P < 0.05) according to Tukey's honestly significant difference test.