The Role of Interleukin-23 in the Early Development of Emphysema in HIV1⁺ Smokers

Figure 2

IL-23 expression in AM of HIV1⁻ and HIV1⁺ smokers. Shown is TaqMan PCR analysis of IL-23 expression in AM of HIV1⁻ nonsmokers (), HIV1⁻ smokers (), HIV1⁻ smokers with low DLCO (), HIV1⁺ nonsmokers (), and HIV1⁺ smokers with low DLCO (). Values represent mean relative gene expression in each phenotype compared to mean IL-23 expression in nonsmokers. values shown are based on the Kruskal-Wallis test.