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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 May 25.
Published in final edited form as: Sci Transl Med. 2017 Nov 29;9(418):eaao6298. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aao6298

Fig. 2. Infants with NRDS had reduced serum concentrations of irisin.

Fig. 2

(A) Heat map of irisin expression in serum or bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) from each newborn patient or control infant was performed by protein liquid-chip assay (n = 15 in control, n = 7 in NRDS group for serum samples; six BALF samples were used in the study). Serum and BALF concentrations of irisin in NRDS infants were detected by an irisin protein liquid-chip assay and are provided as irisin concentration (B) or peak area (C) [*P < 0.05 versus control; n = 15 in control and n = 7 in NRDS group (B); *P < 0.05 versus the irisin concentration in serum; n = 7 for serum samples and n = 6 for BALF samples (C)]. Serum and BALF concentrations of irisin in NRDS infants were detected by LC-MS and are provided as irisin concentration (D) or peak area (E) [*P < 0.05 versus control; n = 6 in each group (D);*P < 0.05 versus the irisin concentration in serum; n = 6 in each group (E)].