Figure 3. polyIC increased the gene expression of inflammatory cytokines. Cultured human podocytes were treated with 500 ng/ml polyIC for 6 h. qRT-PCR analysis showed that the gene expression levels of interferon -β (IFN-β) (A) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) (B) were increased by polyIC treatment. GAPDH was used as an internal control. The results represent the means±SEM (n=3 wells). *p<0.05; **p<0.001 versus control.
