Protective effect of Salvia miltiorrhiza and Carthamus tinctorius extract against lipopolysaccharide-induced liver injury

Figure 4 Effects of Danhong injection on tumour necrosis factor-α and interleukin-6 expression in mouse liver. The protein expression levels of tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-α (A) and interleukin (IL)-6 (C) were measured by ELISA. Values are mean ± SE (n = 8). TNF-α (B) and IL-6 (D) mRNA expression was detected by real-time RT-PCR. Values are mean ± SE (n = 3) of three independent experiments. ^bP < 0.01 vs blank control group, ^cP < 0.05, ^dP < 0.01 vs lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-treated group.