Effects of ω-3 fatty acids on toll-like receptor 4 and nuclear factor-κB p56 in lungs of rats with severe acute pancreatitis

Table 4 Densitometrically quantified toll-like receptor 4 and nuclear factor-κB p56 bands in the lungs of each group of rats, optical density (mean ± SE)

Group	Time	Cases	TLR4	NF-κBp56
Control		8	2.3 ± 0.3	2.5 ± 0.2
SAP-saline	12 h	8	3.9 ± 0.4a	4.0 ± 0.3a
	24 h	8	4.0 ± 0.2a	4.1 ± 0.4a
SAP-soybean oil	12 h	8	3.8 ± 0.3ad	3.9 ± 0.3ad
	24 h	8	3.9 ± 0.4ad	3.8 ± 0.2ad
SAP-ω-3FA	12 h	8	2.7 ± 0.3abc	3.0 ± 0.2abc
	24 h	8	3.1 ± 0.4abc	2.9 ± 0.4abc

^aP < 0.05 vs the control group;

^dP > 0.05,

^bP < 0.05 vs SAP-saline group at the same time point;

^cP < 0.05 vs SAP-soybean oil group at the same time point. NF-κBp56: Nuclear factor-κB p56; SAP: Severe acute pancreatitis; TLR4: Toll-like receptor 4; ω-3FA: ω-3 fatty acids.