FIG. 6.

S. aureus (Staph.)-induced chemokine production by corneal epithelial cells. Corneas of control and TLR2^−/− mice were treated as described in the legend for Fig. 2 and exposed to UV-inactivated S. aureus strain 8325-4. After 5 h, corneas were dissected and epithelia were removed and sonicated. CXCL1/KC and CXCL2/MIP-2 in the supernatants were measured by ELISA. The P value was <0.05 for C57BL/6 versus TLR2^−/− mice for both chemokines. A repeat experiment showed similar results. Error bars indicate SEM.