Table 1 Cytokine levels

From: Activated protein C improves intestinal microcirculation in experimental endotoxaemia in the rat

	Control	LPS	APC	LPS + APC
TNF-α	355 ± 243	1,766 ± 168^a	402 ± 297	1,773 ± 138^a
IL-1β	106 ± 108	3,298 ± 1,355^a	65 ± 21	4,820 ± 1,554^a
IL-6	579 ± 283	8,366 ± 642^a	604 ± 263	8,336 ± 439^a
IL-10	246 ± 142	1,698 ± 359^a	267 ± 150	2,076 ± 219^a

Cytokine levels (pg/ml) two hours after endotoxin challenge (mean ± standard deviation). ^ap < 0.05 versus controls. APC, activated protein C-only group; IL, interleukin; LPS, lipopolysaccharide-only group; LPS + APC, activated protein C-treated endotoxaemic group; TNF-α, tumour necrosis factor-α.

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