Shortly after ovariectomy (at 3 d) serum interleukin-1beta levels significantly increased in ovariectomized rats , treated or not with estradiol , while serum interleukin-10 levels increased only 9 d after ovariectomy.
Livers from ovariectomized rats with or without estrogen replacement after 4 weeks of continuous ethanol exposure were compared with nonovariectomized rats in the presence or absence of ethanol.
Upregulation of ICAM-1 in rats fed ethanol may contribute to the inflammatory changes seen in this model.
Thus , IL-10 inhibits IFN-gamma-induced ICAM-1 expression in monocytes primarily at the level of gene transcription.
We also demonstrated that the effects of IFN-gamma on SLC26A6 gene expression were mediated via IRF-1 transcription factor.