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. 2018 Nov 30;13(11):e0207644. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0207644

Fig 1. Relative cytokine transcription levels by means of RT-qPCR in peripheral blood of cats with sporotrichosis co-infected or not with Feline Leukemia Virus (FeLV; progressive infection) or Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV).

Fig 1

(A) IL-4, (B) IL-5, (C) IL-6, (D) IL-10, (E) IL-12, (F) IFN-γ and (G) TNF-α. The cytokine transcription levels were normalized to the geometric means of the housekeeping genes (y-axes). IL-4 was significantly lower (PMWU = 0.02) in cats with progressive FeLV infection, while IL-12 was significantly lower (PMWU = 0.01) in FIV-positive cats, in comparison to retrovirus-negative cats. IL-10 was significantly higher in both cats with progressive FeLV infection (PMWU = 0.04) and in FIV-positive cats (PMWU = 0.05), in comparison to retrovirus-negative cats. *PMWU≤0.05.