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. 2012 Jan 5;7(1):e29103. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029103

Figure 4. Cytokine expression in organized and disorganized spleens.

Figure 4

The gene expression of cytokines and CCR7 in the splenic compartments of stray dogs uninfected with organized splenic white pulp (ORG-N), infected with L. infantum with (DES-P) and without (ORG-P) disruption of splenic lymphoid tissue structure. Horizontal lines represent the median of the estimates from RT-PCR, and the values are relative to 18S gene expression. Each dot corresponds to a different animal with 12 organized (12) or disorganized (9) splenic lymphoid tissue. P values (Kruskal-Wallis test) only shown for statistically significant differences.