Fig. 2

Antibiotic treatment protects from alcohol-induced inflammatory cytokine expression in the cortex. a Serum TNFα and IL-6 were measured by ELISA. b Expression levels of proinflammatory cytokines Tnfα, Mcp1, Hmgb1, Il-17, Il-23, Il-6, and Cox2 were measured from the cortex of pair-fed (PF) or alcohol-fed (EtOH) mice with or without daily antibiotic treatment (Abx). Data are mean ± SEM, n = 5–10 mice/group. *p < 0.05; n.s., not significant