Figure 4.

Up-regulation of antimicrobial peptide expression in response to C. pseudodiphtheriticum in human corneal epithelial cells. Immortalized human corneal epithelial cells were infected with C. pseudodiphtheriticum for 4 hours, washed and RNA was isolated, reverse transcribed and expressions of antimicrobial peptides were determined by quantitative PCR (A). The representative gel images of antimicrobial peptides are shown (B). (*) designates P < 0.05.