Figure 7.
NAC Decreases Fetal Plasma IL-6 and IL-1β Levels Following Maternal Inflammation.
Fetal plasma IL-6 and IL-1β levels after first injection. (A) Fetal plasma IL-6. (B) Fetal plasma IL-1β levels 6 hours after the first injection in the four treatment groups: SAL-SAL, SAL-LPS, SAL-NAC, and NAC-LPS. *P<0.05, significantly different from the SAL-LPS group. LPS, lipopolysaccharide; NAC, N-acetyl cysteine; SAL, saline. Reprinted from Beloosesky et al.,21 Copyright (2009), with permission from Elsevier.