Fig 5. Intrauterine gene expression of inflammatory mediators in WT and Cx3cr1^-/- mice.

The intrauterine gene expression of Il1b (A), Il6 (B), Tnfa (C), and Ptgs2 (D) in WT and KO mice uterus at 6 h after LPS (25 μg/mouse) or PBS injection at gd 15.5. Quantitative RT-PCR analyses were performed as described in Materials and Methods. All values represent the mean ± SEM; Statistical significance determined using Mann-Whitney’s U test. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01 vs. WT (n = 5–8 cases in each group).