Figure 3.

Expression of proinflammatory, regulatory, and chemotactic cytokines in corneal ulcers. Q-PCR analysis of corneal ulcerative tissue was performed as described in Methods. Data points represent individual patients infected with Aspergillus or Fusarium and values were calculated as described above. There were no significant differences in gene expression between Aspergillus- (closed circles) and Fusarium- (open circles) infected corneas (P > .05). IFN, interferon; IL, interleukin; TNF, tumor necrosis factor; log(RQ); log of relative gene expression.