Fig. 6.

Effect of CD11c on interferon mRNAs in corneas and TG of CD11c-deficient mice. Total RNA was isolated from corneas and TG of infected mice on days 2, 4, and 6 p.i. and used for quantitative reverse transcription-PCR. IFN-α, IFN-β, and IFN-γ mRNA levels in naive mice were used to estimate the relative expression of each transcript in treated mice. GAPDH mRNA levels were used to normalize the relative expression of each transcript in corneas and TG of infected mice. Each point represents the mean ± SEM from 8 corneas or TG per time point.