Iron Homeostasis in Tissues Is Affected during Persistent Chlamydia pneumoniae Infection in Mice

Figure 2

Relative gene expression of the chemokine Cxcl2 and IFN- in the liver of control mice (black bars) and C. pneumoniae infected mice (grey bars) on days 4 (), 20 () and 40 () of the infection. Columns represent mean values with whiskers extending to the standard deviation. Asterisks denote a significant difference () between infected and control mice.