Proinflammatory Mediators of Toxic Shock and Their Correlation to Lethality

Figure 3

Serum levels of TNF$\alpha$, IL-1, IL-6, IFN$\gamma$, IL-2, MIP-2, and MCP-1 at (a) 8 hours after SEB or LPS administration (b) 21 hours after SEB or LPS administration. Points represent the geometric mean ± standard deviation (SD) for each group. SEB group consisted of mice treated with 100 $\mu$g SEB and LPS group was treated with 80 $\mu$g LPS. The “${}^{*}$” indicates P <  .05 between groups treated with SEB or LPS.

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