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. 2014 Jun 4;4:5171. doi: 10.1038/srep05171

Figure 2. The effects of periodontitis on mRNA/protein expressions of TNF-α-associated signal transduction molecules in aorta.

Figure 2

(a) mRNA expression of Tnf, Tnfr1, Tnfr2, Traf2, Ripk1, Il6, Il6r and Vcam1 in aorta of the control and the periodontitis rats determined by the quantitative RT-PCR (qRT-PCR) (n = 6–8). All data represent the means ± s.e.m. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01 in two-sided Student's t-test. (b) Representative photographs of the protein expressions of TNFR1, TNFR2, VCAM-1, IL-6Rα, p-Stat3, Stat3 and β-actin in aorta of the control and the periodontitis of rats.