Fig. 5From: Physiological and immunological responses to Culicoides sonorensis blood-feeding: a murine modelCytokine expression upregulation in inguinal lymph nodes in response to Culicoides sonorensis midge feeding. Quantitative RT-PCR was used to measure cytokine expression in inguinal lymph node cells at 1, 2 and 3 days post-feeding (dpf) by C. sonorensis. Increased expression levels (y-axis) are reported as a corrected fold difference (2-ΔΔCT) compared to naïve controls (basal level). Beta actin was used as an internal controlBack to article page