Table 1 Cytokine peak time following a single dose 12 Gy whole lung irradiation for C57BL/6 and C3H mouse strains.

Tissue

G-CSF

6

12

IL-6

6

6*

*Or between 6 and12

KC

6^

6

^6 or less

MCP-1

3

6*

*Or between 6 and12

IP-10

3

18*

*Or between 12 and 24

Serum

G-CSF

6

6*

*Or between 6 and 12, C3H higher peak

IL-6

6

6*

*Or between 6 and 12, C3H Higher peak

KC

6

12

MCP-1

3

6*

*Or between 6 and 12

IP-10

3

6*

*Or between 6 and 12. Higher in C3H all time points

IL-1α

6

6*

*Or between 6 and 12

BAL

G-CSF

6

12

C3H with higher peak

IL-6

6

6*

*Or between 6 and 12

KC

6

6#

# Higher in C3H all time points, peak at 6 hr to 1 wk