FIGURE 4.
Comparison of interleukin (IL)-6 levels in conditioned media from a) smooth muscle cells (SMCs) and endothelial cells (EC) from transplanted pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) subjects and non-transplanted donor controls (p<0.0001 for SMC-PAH versus EC-PAH); b) SMCs in controls and PAH subtypes; and c) ECs in controls and PAH subtypes. Comparison of IL-6 gene expression levels by fragments per kilobase of exon model per million reads mapped (FPKM) between d) SMCs and ECs from PAH subjects and controls (p<0.0001 for SMC-PAH versus EC-PAH); e) SMCs in controls and PAH subtypes; and f) ECs in controls and PAH subtypes. APAH: disease-associated PAH subtypes; IPAH: idiopathic PAH; FPAH: familial PAH.