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Table 4 Elevated plasma and liver cytokine levels in GAN DIO-NASH mice

From: Human translatability of the GAN diet-induced obese mouse model of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis

Cytokine/

chemokine

Chow-fed C57BL/6 J mice

GAN DIO-NASH mice

Plasma

(pg/ml)

Liver

(pg/g tissue)

Plasma

(pg/ml)

Liver

(pg/g tissue)

TNF-α

7.4 ± 0.4

33 ± 2.8

15 ± 1.1***

78 ± 9.7***

IL-1β

n.d.

349 ± 46

n.d.

591 ± 79*

IL-2

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

IL-4

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

IL-5

1.9 ± 0.3

9.5 ± 0.7

2.0 ± 0.3

12.4 ± 0.7*

IL-6

8.2 ± 1.0

507 ± 19.7

53.7 ± 18.0*

478 ± 30

IL-10

14 ± 0.5

91 ± 7.2

18 ± 1.6*

97 ± 7.1

IL12p70

n.d.

530 ± 79

n.d.

658 ± 44

INF-γ

n.d.

9.9 ± 1.1

n.d.

9.0 ± 1.9

KC/GRO

58 ± 7.4

352 ± 32

138 ± 9.8***

640 ± 91**

MCP-1

11 ± 0.8

171 ± 9.3

30 ± 4.7**

1759 ± 304***

  1. Plasma and liver cytokine levels in GAN DIO-NASH mice. n.d., not detected (below lower level of quantification; IL-1β, 0.42 pg/ml; IL-2, 0.66 pg/ml; IL-4, 0.42 pg/ml; IL12p70, 7.69 pg/ml; INF-γ, 0.23 pg/ml). *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001, unpaired t-test (chow-fed mice, n = 8; GAN DIO-NASH mice, n = 8)