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Fig. 6 | Parasites & Vectors

Fig. 6

From: Host-parasite interaction: changes in human placental gene expression induced by Trypanosoma cruzi

Fig. 6

Trypanosoma cruzi increases pro-inflammatory and immune-modulating cytokines in HPE. HPE were co-incubated with 105 T. cruzi trypomastigotes/ml for 2 h as well as in the presence and absence of LPS as positive control. Expression of IL-1β (a), IL-6 (b), IL-12α (c), IFNγ (d), IL-10 (e), TGF β (f) and IL-17 (g) was assayed. Samples were processed for RT-qPCR. The sequences of primers can be found in Table 1. The significance of differences was evaluated using Student’s t-tests for paired data. *P ≤ 0.05, **P ≤ 0.01, ***P ≤ 0.001, ****P ≤ 0.0001

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