Chronic stress sensitizes rats to pancreatitis induced by cerulein: Role of TNF-α

Table 8 Histopathological score in lung tissue (mean ± SE)

Group	Edema	Hemorrhage	Leukocyte infiltrate
Stress (-)
Veh	0.00 ± 0.00	0.00 ± 0.00	0.00 ± 0.00
Cer	0.00 ± 0.00	0.00 ± 0.00	0.00 ± 0.00
Anti-TNF-α + Cer	0.00 ± 0.00	0.00 ± 0.00	0.00 ± 0.00
Stress (+)
Veh	0.36 ± 0.04	0.00 ± 0.00	0.30 ± 0.03
Cer	1.51 ± 0.11a	2.73 ± 0.58a	1.63 ± 0.54a
Anti-TNF-α + Cer	1.80 ± 0.21c	1.21 ± 0.08c	0.73 ± 0.05c

^aP < 0.05 vs control-vehicle Stress (-) group;

^cP < 0.05 vs Stress (+) plus Cer group. TNF-α: Tumor necrosis factor-α.