Fig. 7.

HEV-1 alters the secretory functions of both decidual and placental stromal cells. a, b Cytokine, chemokine, growth factor, and metalloproteinase secretion in decidual a and placental b stromal cell supernatants, measured by multiplex assay two days after mock (black), HEV-1 (red), or HEV-3 (cyan) infection. Data represent mean values ± S.E.M. of six independent donors. * denotes a statistical comparisons made between HEV-1 and HEV-3 infected tissue, and # represents a statistical comparison between mock-infected and HEV-1 or HEV-3 infected tissue. */#P < 0.05; **/##P < 0.01; ***/###P < 0.001 by repeated measures ANOVA with Tukey post hoc test