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Fig. 3. Plasma TNF- levels in mice subjected to glycerol-induced muscle injury with or without iv Fe treatment. Plasma samples were assayed for TNF- 3 h following glycerol injection alone or glycerol injection+FeS, FeG, or FeD. Plasma TNF- levels in normal mice are depicted. Glycerol alone caused a modest increase in TNF- levels (2.5 vs. 1 pg/ml for controls; P < 0.01). Concomitant Fe treatment dramatically increased the glycerol-induced TNF- increases, rising 2, 4, and 5x with FeD, FeG, and FeS treatments, respectively. [Note: there was far less TNF- generated in response to glycerol ± Fe treatment than was observed with LPS; see differences in y-axis values between Fig. 3 vs. the other figures].
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