Figure 1.
Cytokine gene expression in inner ears of C3H/HeJ mice with inflamed or uninflamed MEs relating to Balb/c controls. Upregulation of all cytokine genes in the inner ear was seen showing that cells within the cochlea are expressing and secreting cytokines during chronic OM. All fold change values greater than two-fold over controls are considered significant (over solid line). None are < 0.5 x (below dotted line) in the inner ear ipsilateral to the infected middle ear. Error bars are standard of the mean (SEM).