The Role of IL-17 Promotes Spinal Cord Neuroinflammation via Activation of the Transcription Factor STAT3 after Spinal Cord Injury in the Rat

Figure 6

The IL-6, IL-21, and IL-23 levels of peripheral serum. The levels in the IL-6, IL-21, and IL-23 in the different groups, measured by ELISA. The IL-6 levels were 76.18±2.36, 83.93±1.85, 95.65±3.97, 92.10±2.64, and 88.81±2.58. The IL-21 levels were 55.22±5.59, 62.58±3.91, 78.25±6.82, 72.73±5.18, and 67.65±4.02. The IL-23 levels were 20.05±2.07, 25.15±1.51, 41.12±3.19, 30.33±1.69, and 22.42±1.78, respectively, in the sham-operated group (𝑛=15), 1 h group of SCI (𝑛=15), 24 h group of SCI (𝑛=15), 48 h group of SCI (𝑛=15), and 72 h (𝑛=15) group of SCI. The data are presented as the mean ± the SE. ^∗𝑃<0.05 versus sham, ^#𝑃<0.05 versus 1 h, ^△𝑃<0.05 versus 24 h, and ^●𝑃<0.05 versus 48 h.

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