Figure 5.
Treatment of SCI with TUDCA reduces expression of inflammatory genes. At 4 dpo, RNA extracts from spinal cord were analyzed with quantitative RT-PCR. ANOVA revealed significant treatment effects on the transcription of (a) IL-6 [F (2, 12) = 8.3, p < 0.01, (b) IL-12β [F (2, 12) = 1.6, n.s.]; (c) IFNβ [F (2, 12) = 3.9, p < 0.05], and (d) HMGB1 [F (2, 12) = 4.5, p < 0.05]; post hoc Dunnett's tests: * comparison SCI vs. control; # SCI vs SCI-TUDCA; n = 5 rats). Treatments conditions are indicated as sham: laminectomy only; SCI: SCI with two i.p. injections of saline; SCI-TUDCA: SCI with two injections of 300 mg/kg TUDCA at the time of surgery and 24 h later.