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. 2019 Apr 29;14(4):e0216165. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0216165

Fig 2. RT-PCR analyses for the expression of cytokines in E. coli-infected cell lines.

Fig 2

The expression of TNF-α (A) and IL-17 (B) was significantly increased by E. coli strains from IBD patients, while the expression of IL-8 (C) and COX-2 (D) was not increased. HC, healthy control; CD, Crohn’s disease; UC, ulcerative colitis; TNF-α, tumor necrosis factor alpha; IL, interleukin; COX-2, cyclooxygenase 2 *Statistically significant (p<0.05).