Figure 3.

The expression of vascular endothelial growth factor in the control and lipopolysaccharide-treated mice. (a) The vascular endothelial growth factor level in the serum; the vascular endothelial growth factor protein expression levels of vascular endothelial growth factor in the thymic epithelial cells were analyzed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (b) and Western blot analysis. (c) Values are mean ± standard error (n = 5). *P < 0.05 with respect to the control mice. VEGF: vascular endothelial growth factor; LPS: Lipopolysaccharide; TECs: thymic epithelial cells.