Table 3. Cytokine gene expression in Iron and Control mice treated with or without DSS.
| Cytokine | Iron/DSS | Iron | Control/DSS | Control |
| TNF | 12.20±3.47 * | 1.40±0.36 | 11.97±3.49 * | 1.00±0.22 |
| IFNγ | 14.20±2.68 * | 0.71±0.17 | 10.70±6.34 | 1.00±0.14 |
| IL-6 | 19.07±4.79 *# | 0.60±0.04 # | 2.92±0.44 * | 1.00±0.16 |
| IL-11 | 5.35±0.76 *# | 1.25±0.10 | 1.27±0.40 | 1.00±0.07 |
| IL-1β | 17.70±2.04 *# | 0.88±0.05 | 3.16±0.84 * | 1.00±0.14 |
Results are normalized against Hprt or Arbp expression and expressed relative to Control mice as mean±SEM; n = 3–6. * P<0.05; denotes significance between DSS treatment versus no treatment and # P<0.05; denotes significance between Iron/DSS versus Control/DSS or Iron versus Control mice.