IL6 and acute respiratory distress syndrome: Furthermore, we found that WED treatmentsignificantly reduced the number of white blood cells (WBCs), polymorphonuclearleukocytes (PMNs), and mononuclear leukocytes (MNs) in the bronchoalveolarlavage fluid (BALF) (Figure 3D), as well as levels of TNF-α and IL-6 and the activitiesof myeloperoxidase (MPO) and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) in the BALFand lungs of LPS-induced ALI mice (Figure 3D,E).