Figure 5. Chronic HCV Infection is Associated with Markers of Liver Injury.
A. The levels of CX3CL1 present in the supernatants of PBMCs from the 5 groups were determined by ELISA. PBMCs from HCV mono-infected individuals secreted significantly higher levels of CX3CL1 than did the other 4 groups (p<0.02). B. Mean Fluorescent Intensity (MFI) of IGF-1R expression on PBMCs showed that HCV-infected (both mono and HIV co-infected) individuals had significantly higher expression of IGF-1R than did the other 3 groups (p<0.02).