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Table 1 Behavioral testing results

From: Constitutive knockout of interleukin-6 ameliorates memory deficits and entorhinal astrocytosis in the MRL/lpr mouse model of neuropsychiatric lupus

Condition

Genotype

n

Cohort

OP novelty

preference

(%)

OR novelty

preference

(%)

IL-6 WT

IL-6 + / + MRL/lpr

14–15

A + B

45.4 ± 2.3

48.9 ± 4.3

IL-6 KO

IL-6 -/- MRL/lpr

14–15

A + B

60.2 ± 2.3

67.9 ± 3.6

p-value

–

–

 

9.7 × 10–5****

0.002**

Condition

Behavioral

spectrometer

(% activity)

PS immobility

(%)

Open field

time in center

(% of total)

EPM open arm (seconds)

SP (%)

IL-6 WT

72.7 ± 0.7

45.0 ± 2.5

15.5 ± 1.7

138.3 ± 16.3

53.1 ± 2.3

IL-6 KO

73.2 ± 0.8

53.4 ± 3.3

18 ± 2.3

134.4 ± 11.4

54 ± 2.1

p-value

0.647

0.054

0.380

0.436

0.783

  1. IL-6 KO vs IL-6 WT scores in behavioral testing. Means ± standard errors are provided for each outcome measured. Within-genotype outcomes were statistically equivalent between cohort A and B
  2. OP, object placement; OR, object recognition; PS, Porsolt swim; EPM, elevated plus maze; SP, social preference
  3. Bold p-values are significant. **p < 0.01, ****p < 0.0001