Figure 7.
Cnlp−/− eyes exhibit persistently higher inflammatory mediators. Eyes (n = 4) of WT (C57BL/6) and Cnlp−/− mice (B6 background) were infected with S. aureus (5000 CFU/eye of strain RN6390). The level of inflammation was monitored in infected eyes at the transcript level by qRT-PCR (A) and at the protein level by ELISA (B). Student's t-test was used for statistical analysis, and comparisons were made between WT versus Cnlp−/− (§); (§P < 0.05; §§P < 0.005; §§§P < 0.0005). One-way ANOVA was used for group comparisons (†P < 0.05; ††P < 0.005; †††P < 0.0005; ns, not significant).