In reproductive organs, mRNA levels of IL-1β in SDF rats were significantly higher than those of CF rats (1.62 ± 0.17 fold vs. CF); mRNA levels of TNF-α in SDM rats were significantly higher than those of CM rats (1.26 ± 0.07 fold vs. CM) (Fig. 3C). This evidence concerns the gene IL1B and cystic fibrosis.