Fig. 6

PEVs aggravate systemic inflammation in sepsis rats. A-D: The level of proinflammatory cytokines: IL-1β (A), IL-6 (B), TNF-α (C) and MCP-1 (D) in the rats’ blood of each group (n = 8) were measured by ELISA, *P < 0.05 and **P < 0.01 vs. Sham group, #P < 0.05 and ##P < 0.01 vs. CLP group. CLP, cecal ligation and puncture