Figure 4.
mRNA expressions of classical inflammatory factors normalized to GAPDH. (A) mRNA expression of IL-1β (PSR and AF(+)T(−) = .0403, PSR and AF(+)T(+) < .001, PAF(+)T(−)and AF(+)T(+) = .0367); (B) mRNA expression of IL-6(PSR and AF(+)T(−) = 0.0219, PSR and AF(+)T(+) < .001, PAF(+)T(−)and AF(+)T(+) = 0.0439); (C) mRNA expression of TNF-α (PSR and AF(+)T(−) = .0240, PSR and AF(+)T(+) < 0.001, PAF(+)T(−)and AF(+)T(+) = .0416). AF = atrial fibrillation, GAPDH = glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase, IL-1β = interleukin-1 beta, IL-6 = interleukin 6, T = thrombus, TNF-α = tumor necrosis factor-alpha.