Research Article
Therapeutic Effects of Tangshen Formula on Diabetic Nephropathy in db/db Mice Using Cytokine Antibody Array
Table 4
Semiquantitative results of 5 differentially expressed cytokines in the JAK/STAT signaling pathway (means ± SEM; 3 individuals).
| Cytokines | Fluorescence intensity value (IU) | Expt. week 0 Model group | Expt. week 12 Model group | Expt. week 12 Losartan group | Expt. week 12 TSF group |
| IL-2 | 3840 ± 83 | 5846 ± 202 | 5626 ± 94 | 4628 ± 116 | IL-6 | 1226 ± 42 | 1970 ± 68 | 1544 ± 55 | 1622 ± 55 | IL-13 | 1020 ± 37 | 1210 ± 29 | 1161 ± 42 | 974 ± 23 | IL-15 | 2163 ± 71 | 2771 ± 104 | 2156 ± 101 | 2196 ± 116 | IFN-γ | 1630 ± 55 | 2861 ± 25 | 2768 ± 89 | 2461 ± 103 |
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compared with the model group in expt. week 12. |