Figure 9.

Pulmonary gene expression of inflammatory markers in WT and CD36-knockout mice IP injected with a TCL preparation. Lungs were collected for mRNA extraction and qRT-PCR assay as described in Materials and Methods. Expression levels of IL-6 (A), TNF-α (B), and CXCL1 (C) were normalized by GAPDH expression and are presented as the fold change relative to PBS-treated WT control mice. Values shown are the means ± STD (n = 10 for the WT group, n = 14 for the CD36-KO group). * p < 0.05, versus WT TCL-treated mice.