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. 2011 Apr 25;6(4):e18907. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018907

Figure 4. qPCR analysis of Th1, Th2 and Th17 cytokines in non-lesional, leading edge and lesional skin.

Figure 4

Gene expression levels of key cytokines were adjusted against hARP across matching non-lesional, leading edge and lesional vitiligo skin pairs. (A) IFN-g and (B) IL-4 are hallmark cytokines for Th1 and Th2 polarization, respectively. (C) IL-17A and (D) IL-1ß serve as hallmark cytokines for Th17 polarization; Two way paired t-tests are performed for each data of gene expression data between non-lesional v.s. lesional, non-lesional v.s. leading-edge vitiligo skin. *p<0.05; **, p<0.01.