Research Article

Decreased Inflammatory Responses of Human Lung Epithelial Cells after Ethanol Exposure Are Mimicked by Ethyl Pyruvate

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Interleukin (IL)-6 release from lung epithelial cells A549 after IL-1beta stimulation. Cells were stimulated with IL-1beta in indicated concentrations for different intervals (incubation time indicated below the -axis). After the incubation periods, supernatants were analyzed for IL-6 concentrations. The data are presented as means ± s.e.m. , all groups versus corresponding control (ctrl); , IL-1beta 10 ng/mL versus corresponding ctrl.