Fig 1.
Graphs showing the comparison between the COVID-19, H1N1, and Control groups regarding MBL, TNF-alpha and ICAM-1 (in percentage per HPF). MBL tissue expression is higher in the pneumocytes (black arrows) of the COVID-19 case than in the H1N1 case. TNF-alpha is remarkably high in the alveolar septal cells (black arrows) of the COVID-19 case than in the H1N1 case. ICAM-1 tissue expression is higher in the pneumocytes (black arrows) of the COVID-19 case than in the H1N1 case. Alveolar lumens are identified with asterisks and hyaline membranes with arrowheads. Kruskal-Wallis test was used for P-values.