Figure 5.
Correlation between IL-10 promoter methylation status and IL-10 mRNA expression. (A,B) Association between IL-10 relative methylation index (∆MI) and IL-10 mRNA expression; (C) IL-10 mRNA levels were higher in HCC samples with IL-10 gene hypomethylation; (D) scatter plots summarizing IL-10 mRNA expression and MI in non-tumor tissues. IL-10, interleukin-10; HCC, hepatocellular carcinoma; MI, methylation index.