Fig. 1

Effects of prednisone on liver total superoxide dismutase (a), CuZn superoxide dismutase (b), malonaldehyde (c), IL-6 (d) and TNF-α (e), serum fasting blood-glucose (f) and cholesterol (g), and tibial bone mineral density (h) in the treatment of MRL/lpr mice. CT, the C57BL/6 mice treated with sterile water; MT, the MRL/lpr mice treated with sterile water. “**” represents p < 0.01; “*” represents p < 0.05; “ns” represents no significant difference