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. 2013 Jul 24;8(7):e70129. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070129

Figure 5. Analysis of anti-viral gene expression in human alveolar epithelial cells in response to HCoV-HKU1 infection.

Figure 5

Total mRNA from HCoV-HKU1 and control cells was analyzed at 72 hours post inoculation for immune response genes: CXCL10, IFNβ, IL29 (IFNλ), CCL5 (RANTES) and IL6. Gene expression values were normalized to expression of the cyclophilin B (CYB), a housekeeping gene. Figure (A) shows the average results from 5 human donors (p-values from Wilcoxon signed rank test, **p≤0.05) and (B) shows the response to HCoV-HKU1 infection by individual donor. Error bars represent the standard deviation between donors (A) or replicates (B).