FIGURE 3.
PDAC induces inflammatory mediator expression in vitro and in vivo. (a) Schematic representation of ex vivo KPC-conditioned media treatment system. (b) qRT-PCR analysis of pro-inflammatory, anti-inflammatory, and microglia-associated transcript from primary microglia treated with either KPC-conditioned media or 10 ng LPS. Values are relative to those from control media-treated primary microglia. All comparisons at least p < .01 compared to control media-treated in repeated measures one-way ANOVA unless indicated otherwise. n.s. = not significant. n = 3/group. Results are representative of two independent experiments. (c) qRT-PCR analysis of the same transcripts as B (except Tgfb) in RNA extracted from whole hypothalami. Results are relative to sham. ***p < .001, *p < .05 relative to sham comparing ΔCt values in repeated measures one-way ANOVA. Results consist of two independent experiments combined. n = 4–8/group