Fig. 2

Administration of TSCs alters the cytokine profile in ALI. The lungs and BALF, from sham mice (white bars, sham + PBS), ALI mice that received PBS (black bars, ALI + PBS), FBs (light grey bars, ALI + FB) or TSCs (dark grey bars, ALI + TSC), were harvested at day 7. Quantification of qRT-PCR for a IL-6, b MCP-1 and c KC of the lungs was performed, and the data are presented as mean ± SEM. One-way analysis of variance was performed. *P < 0.001 versus sham group, ^&P < 0.05 versus ALI + PBS group, ^$P < 0.005 versus ALI + FB group, with n = 6 ~ 9 for each group. Quantitation of Luminex for d IL-6, e MCP-1 and f KC in BALF was performed, and the data are presented as mean ± SEM. One-way analysis of variance was performed. ^&P < 0.05 versus ALI + PBS group, ^$P < 0.05 versus ALI + FB group, n = 4–5 for each group