Figure 5.
Luminex analysis of secretory cytokine levels at 6 and 20 h post-wounding in normal and diabetic primary LECs media. There was a significant surge in IL-1α (A) and IL-1β (B) expression levels at 6 h and modest increase at 20 h post-wounding in normal wounded LECs. IL-6 (C) and IL-8 (D) expression levels modestly increased at 6 h post-wounding in normal LECs that did not reach significance. No significant changes of any cytokines were observed at 6 and 20 h post-wounding in DM LECs. Data are mean ± SEM, * p<.05, **p<.01 significant p values.