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. 2022 Jan 28;17(1):e0262549. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0262549

Fig 3. Irradiation increases expression of IL-6 from fibroblasts.

Fig 3

The expression of IL-6 in the culture media of fibroblast and HNSCC cell lines (SAS and FaDu) were evaluated by ELISA. (A) Significantly higher levels of IL-6 were observed in the serum-free culture media of SAS and FaDu cell lines compared with fibroblasts. (B) Expression of IL-6 in culture media of fibroblasts with or without 10 Gy of irradiation was evaluated by ELISA. Results are expressed as fold-changes relative to fibroblasts without irradiation. Expression of IL-6 from fibroblasts was significantly increased with irradiation. The experiments were repeated in triplicate and the data represent the means of three measurements with SD error bars. * P < 0.05.