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. 2021 Sep 8;11:17842. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-96262-2

Figure 1.

Figure 1

The mRNA expression and the protein production of pro-inflammatory cytokines in monocyte-generated and M1 macrophages from AS and healthy individuals. M1 macrophages from AS patients significantly expressed an elevated level of IL1B gene. The gene expression levels of IL1B, TNFA, and IL23A and the protein production levels of IL-23 and TNF-α were significantly elevated in macrophages after their differentiation to M1 type. However, only macrophages from AS patients produced a significantly elevated level of IL-1β after differentiation to M1 type. The data are presented as the mean ± SEM (*P ≤ 0.05, **P ≤ 0.01, ***P ≤ 0.001).