Fig. 2.
The methylation status of the IL-6 promoter was determined by MSP. A) Interleukin 6 was hypomethylated in 6 of 20 healthy controls. B) Interleukin 6 was hypomethylated in 32 SLE patients. C) Interleukin 6 was hypomethylated in 33 SLE patients’ PBMCs. M – methylated primer; U – unmethylated primer