Fig. 3.

Differential expression of HERVs in HCT8^WT/RETO, analyzed by real-time PCR. a: Amplification pattern of different HERVs in CD34⁺ mononuclear cells (MNC) from umbilical blood. The cells express all analyzed HERV variants. b: 18S endogenous control. c: Differential expression of HERV-WE₁ (2^−ΔΔCt 1.06). d: Degree of difference of HERV-FRD₁ (2^−ΔΔCt 1.72). Degree of difference of HERV-V₁ (e, 2^−ΔΔCt 3.87) and HERV 3₁ (f, 2^−ΔΔCt 1.80) transcripts in HCT8 ^WT/RETO. In HCT8^RETO, all HERV are overexpressed compared to HCT8^WT. Red, WT; green, RETO, n = 3 independent experiments