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. 2018 Jan 11;8:429. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-18888-5

Figure 4.

Figure 4

Green tea extract decreased the IL-1β, TNF-α, IL-6 and MMP9 gene expression in retina. (ac) The retina inflammatory-related gene expression was detected by quantitative-PCR. The gene expression of IL-1β, TNF-α and IL-6 were elevated by LPS and inhibited by GTE intake. (d) However, the anti-inflammatory gene, IL-10 did not show any significant change in both LPS and GTE group. (e) Moreover, MMP9, a gene that regulates the migration ability was down regulated in GTE group compared to LPS group. *p < 0.05, n.s. no significantly difference, n = 7.