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Table 4 Plasma cytokines in diet induced obese mice fed 0.5% Ca (Control), 1.5% Ca (High-Ca), or 1.5% Ca + nonfat dry milk (High-Ca + NFDM)1

From: A high calcium diet containing nonfat dry milk reduces weight gain and associated adipose tissue inflammation in diet-induced obese mice when compared to high calcium alone

 

Diet

Cytokine

Control

High-Ca

High-Ca + NFDM

 

ng/L

IL-6

2.7 ± 0.5

4.1 ± 1.1

1.6 ± 0.3*

IL-10

3.7 ± 3.3

6.4 ± 4.4

3.9 ± 2.5

IL-12(p70)

4.3 ± 1.7

12.9 ± 4.2

7.9 ± 4.5

MCP-1

16.1 ± 2.5

16.1 ± 3.7

9.6 ± 3.9

TNFα

3.2 ± 0.2

3.0 ± 0.2

3.8 ± 0.9

IL-15

38.6 ± 6.2

48.2 ± 11.4

70.8 ± 22.7

  1. 1Values are means + SE, n = 15. * P < 0.05 compared to mice fed high-Ca.