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

Figure 3

Effect of HIV1 infection in vitro on AM-IL-23 upregulation. AM isolated from HIV1⁻ individuals () were infected with HIV1 JRFL 10³ TCID/well or left uninfected. At day 12, RNA was isolated and relative IL-23 expression was assessed by TaqMan PCR (mean ± SEM, , Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test).