Protective Function of STAT3 in CVB3-Induced Myocarditis

Figure 1

Cytokine expression levels in cardiac tissue of CVB3 infected mice. The mRNA expression levels are shown 10 and 28 days after CVB3 infection of WT and STAT3 KO mice. The expression data are normalized to the house-keeping gene 18S and to the expression levels of the corresponding untreated mice and expressed as x-fold over basal expression using the formula 2^−ΔΔCt. *Data were compared to the expression of the corresponding untreated controls. *𝑃<0.05; **𝑃<0.01. ^§Data between WT and STAT3 KO mice were compared. ^§𝑃<0.05.

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