Figure 1.
Cocaine-mediated secretion of proinflammatory cytokines in human pericytes. qPCR analysis showing the dose- (A) and time-dependent (B) upregulation of proinflammatory cytokines, such as TNF-α, IL-1β and IL 6 in human primary pericytes exposed to cocaine. ELISA showing dose- (C) and time-dependent (D) upregulated expression of the cytokines -TNF-α, IL 1β and IL 6 in human primary pericytes exposed to cocaine. GAPDH was used as an internal control for mRNA expression of cytokines. Data are presented as mean ± SEM; the mean is derived from 6 independent experiments (n = 6). One-way ANOVA followed by Bonferroni post hoc test was used to determine the statistical significance between multiple groups: *, P < 0.05 vs. control.