Figure 5.
RNA-sequencing analysis and qRT-PCR verification of genes related to cell migration. (A) Heat map of cell migration–associated genes. Different heat map colors represent the relative mRNA expression levels of genes calculated by Log2 (FPKM + 1). (B) Violin plots of expression values for differentially expressed genes between CFA and EA groups. Results are expressed as FPKM. Data shown are the mean FPKM ± SEM (n = 5). *P < 0.05 vs CFA group. (C) Significant differentially expressed genes as determined by real-time PCR (n = 8). (D) Correlation between NE and the gene expression of Cxcl1 in inflammatory tissues based on the Pearson correlation analysis. All data are expressed as the mean ± SEM. *P < 0.05 vs CFA group. CFA, complete Frester adjuvant; EA, electroacupuncture; FPKM, fragments per kb of transcript per million fragments mapped; NE, norepinephrine.