Correlation between colon-derived cytokine levels and treatment-induced changes to body weight.

<p>Changes in cytokine levels by fucoidan extracts were correlated with the changes to body weight for individual mice. The value of Pearson correlation coefficient (r²) is reported and significance is indicated by <i>p</i> value. Interleukin (IL); tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α); granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF); granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF); macrophage inflammatory protein (MIP); regulated and normal T cells expressed and secreted (RANTES); interferon-γ (IFN-γ); healthy control (HC); untreated colitis (DSS); intraperitoneal injection of depyrogenated fucoidan (IPDPF); oral treatment of depyrogenated fucoidan (ODPF); oral treatment of Maritech <i>Synergy</i> (OS).