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From: Astaxanthin protects against early acute kidney injury in severely burned rats by inactivating the TLR4/MyD88/NF-κB axis and upregulating heme oxygenase-1

Figure 4

Astaxanthin dose-relatively decreases the burn-induced release of inflammatory mediators. (a) Representative immunohistochemical images and tissue mRNA levels of MPO with ATX treatment; (b) Representative immunohistochemical images and tissue mRNA levels of IL-1β with ATX treatment; (c) Representative immunohistochemical images and tissue mRNA levels of IL-6 with ATX treatment. n = 6 for each group. The results are expressed as the mean ± SD. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, v.s. sham; #p < 0.05, ##p < 0.01, v.s. vehicle2; @p < 0.05, @@p < 0.01, nsp > 0.05.

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