Fig. 1.
LV expression of markers of microvascular inflammation and immune cell activation. Relative mRNA expression of VCAM1 (a), PTX3 (b) and iNOS (c) in left ventricular tissues of control, CIA and CIA + anti-TNFα. Results are expressed in arbitrary units normalized for the expression of the endogenous reference gene, HPRT1, using the ∆∆Ct method. Data are presented as mean ± SEM for VCAM1 and median and interquartile range for PTX3 and iNOS; **p < 0.01 versus control, ***p < 0.001 versus control, ****p < 0.0001 versus control, #p < 0.05 versus CIA