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. 2014 Mar 17;9(3):e91638. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0091638

Figure 3. Course of Th2-cytokine and related chemokine gene expression in the liver of mice during E. multilocularis infection (measured by q RT-PCR).

Figure 3

(A) IL-4, (B) IL-5, (C) CCL8, (D) CCL12, (E) CCL17. a: ‘Parasitic lesion’ versus ‘Control’; b: ‘Periparasitic Liver tissue’ versus ‘Control’. *P<0.05; **P<0.01. ‘Control’, non-infected mice; ‘Parasitic lesion’: E. multilocularis metacestode and surrounding immune infiltrate; ‘Periparasitic liver tissue: liver parenchyma close to the E. multilocularis lesion, but excluding macroscopically visible liver tissue alterations. AU: arbitrary units.