Fig. 7.

mRNA expression levels of inflammation markers in skeletal muscles of mdx mice treated with NaHS. Bar graphs showing the mRNA expression levels of tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNFα), interleukin 6 (IL-6), interleukin 1β (IL-1β) and transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-β) in quadriceps femoris of control and mdx mice receiving or not NaHS of both 7 (A–D) and 17 (E–D) weeks. Data are expressed as 2^∧-ΔΔct relative to ribosomal protein S16, as described in materials and methods. Single asterisk (*) and double asterisk (**) denote a p-value of ≤0.05 and 0.01 vs wt mice of the same age. Single circle (^○) and double circle (^○○) denote a p-value of ≤0.05 and 0.01 vs mdx group of the same age.