Cytokines Modulate the “Immune-Metabolism” Interactions during Behçet Disease: Effect on Arginine Metabolism

Figure 5

Effect of IL-6 and TGF- neutralization on NO (a) and urea (b) production by patients’ PBMC cultures () in presence of patients’ plasma at 20% (controls: cultures without antibodies, A-IL-6: anti-IL-6, A-TGF-beta: anti-TGF-β, anti-IgG: isotype control IgG, and : versus control cultures).

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