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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jun 21.
Published in final edited form as: J Viral Hepat. 2008 Feb;15(2):137–144. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2893.2007.00904.x

Fig. 1.

Fig. 1

Altered cytokine response in hepatitis C virus infection. Spontaneous release of (a) interleukin (IL)-6, (b) tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-α and (c) IL-1β. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells from healthy controls or infected patients were cultured in medium only. Supernatants recovered at 16 h of culture were tested for released cytokines. Data shown represent total values of secreted IL-6, TNF-α and IL-1β in pg /mL. Group values that were significantly different (*P < 0.05) are indicated in each plot.