Fig. 2.
MCP-1 mRNA expression and release from human vascular endothelial cells. a qPCR analyses depicting the relative expression of MCP-1 mRNA after exposure to IL-6 (100 ng/ml) alone or in combination with sIL-6R (200 ng/ml). b ELISA data showing the MCP-1 release into medium (48 h) induced by increasing concentrations of IL-6 alone or in combination with sIL-6R. Data is presented as mean ± SEM of 3 experiments each run-in duplicate. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01 compared to its respective control