FIG. 1.
H. pylori infection induces the transcription of TLR4. Total RNA was extracted from AGS cells following infection with H. pylori strain LC11 or LC20 for 2 h and analysis by RT-PCR using TLR4-specific primers. (A) A gel representative of three separate experiments shows TLR4 and GAPDH mRNA. (B) Levels of mRNA were semiquantitated by densitometry as the ratio of TLR4 to GAPDH. *, P < 0.01.