Figure 7.

Modulation of cells expressing CXCL13 in peritoneal wall samples following inflammatory activation. Three BALB/c animals were mock treated (PBS) or injected with thioglycollate (Thio) for 16 hr. The peritoneal cavity constituents were first isolated (peritoneal cavity). Anatomically identical sites of the peritoneal wall were excised and lysed (Peritoneal wall). Total RNA was obtained and analysed for (a) CXCL13, (b) F4/80 and (c) β-2 microglobulin expression, by quantitative RT–PCR. This experiment is one of multiple that showed the same trend.