Table 2 Circulating cytokine and corticosterone in treated rats of experiment 2.

From: Hypothalamic activation is essential for endotoxemia-induced acute muscle wasting

Group

KD/Saline

KD/LPS

CL/Saline

CL/LPS

IL-6 (pg/ml)

34 ± 11#

302 ± 31*

26 ± 7#

277 ± 54*

Corticosterone (ng/ml)

37 ± 8#

88 ± 23*#

44 ± 12#

176 ± 49*

  1. Plasma IL-6 was measured by ELISA, and corticosterone was measured by RIA. Data are represented as mean ± SEM. *P < 0.05 versus CL/Saline. #p < 0.05 versus CL/LPS. Both were calculated by one-way ANOVA.
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