Effects of ω-3 fatty acids on toll-like receptor 4 and nuclear factor-κB p56 in lungs of rats with severe acute pancreatitis

Table 2 Changes in tumor necrosis factor-alpha and interleukin-6 in the lungs of the groups at each time point (pg/mL, mean ± SE, n = 8)

	Control	SAP-saline	SAP-soybean oil	SAP-ω-3FA
TNF-α (12 h)	24.18 ± 1.05	43.24 ± 4.26a	46.17 ± 13.63ad	33.42 ± 6.37abc
IL-6 (12 h)	625.11 ± 124.1	826.31 ± 76.34a	827 ± 44.36ad	739.67 ± 65.23abc
TNF-α (24 h)	24.22 ± 1.03	38.67 ± 4.87a	42.45 ± 11.14ad	30.37 ± 10.23abc
IL-6 (24 h)	623.21 ± 124.3	909.54 ± 26.23a	925.18 ± 34.52ad	801.27 ± 51.29abc

^aP < 0.05 vs control group at the same time point;

^dP > 0.05,

^bP < 0.05 vs SAP-saline group;

^cP < 0.05 vs SAP-soybean oil group. SAP: Severe acute pancreatitis; ω-3FA: ω-3 fatty acids.