FIG. 9.

Relative transcript levels of enzymes involved in steroid synthesis in uninfected (black bars) and infected (5 days; gray bars) livers. Averages of the results obtained from uninfected tissues were normalized to 1, and the levels for individual mice, uninfected and infected, were adjusted accordingly. Averaged results are shown. Bars indicate the standard errors of the means. Ten mice were used in all cases except for StAR determinations from uninfected mice (n = 7) and 3βHSD2 determinations from infected mice (n = 8). P values were <0.002, except for StAR (P = 0.6972).