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. 2011 Jun 3;8:63. doi: 10.1186/1742-2094-8-63

Figure 4.

Figure 4

xCT mRNA expression is increased in MS patients. A. Data show a significant increase in xCT mRNA expression in leukocytes in relapsing-MS, which is more prominent during relapses. Controls, n = 39; Total R-MS, n = 42; R-MS in remission, n = 24; R-MS in relapse, n = 18. B. Data show a significant increase in xCT mRNA in human optic nerve from MS patients as compared to matched controls. Damage optic nerves (DON), showing macroscopic plaques, atrophy and/or optic neuritis have a significantly higher increase in xCT mRNA. *, p < 0.05; **, p < 0.01; #, p < 0.05. C, D. xCT mRNA expression correlates with CD8 and EAAT2 mRNA expression in MS optic nerve. Pearson r = 0.83; n = 10; p = 0.0013 for CD8 vs. xCT. Pearson r = 0.81; n = 10; p = 0.005 for EAAT2 vs. xCT.