Figure 3.
Under expression of miR-21 in patients with severe primary graft dysfunction (PGD) was negatively associated with PGD severity. Quantitative expression of miR-21 was assessed by TaqMan real-time RT-PCR on RNA samples of bronchoalveolar lavage cells collected from 10 PGD0, 7 PGD1, 6 PGD2, and 4 PGD3 samples 24 hours after lung transplantation (LTx). Comparisons were made using the Mann Whitney U-test.