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. 2014 Mar 24;9(3):e92355. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0092355

Figure 2. Effect of capsule and pneumolysin on CXCL8 homologue induction in the mouse nasopharynx.

Figure 2

CXCL8 homologue (CXCL2/MIP-2) detected in nasopharyngeal homogenate of mice three days after exposure to wild type or mutant pneumococci expressed as a percentage of the value obtained with the wild type strain. Error bars indicate SEM. * indicates significant difference from value of the parent strain.