Azithromycin Prevents Pregnancy Loss: Reducing the Level of Tumor Necrosis Factor-Alpha and Raising the Level of Interleukin-10 in Rats

Table 2

TNFα and IL-10 levels of groups.

	TNFα (pg/mL)	IL-10 (pg/mL)
Control	ND	90.2 ± 4.31^a
Azithromycin	58.2 ± 9.56^a	113 ± 15.4^a
LPS	128 ± 10.7^b	496 ± 149^b
Azithromycin + LPS	96.6 ± 10.2^c	1130 ± 87.4^c

TNFα: tumor necrosis factor α; IL-10: interleukin-10; LPS: lipopolysaccharide (160 µg kg⁻¹ intravenously, Escherichia coli 0111:B4). ND: not determined. ^a,b,cDifferent letters in the same column are statistically significant (𝑃<0.05).