Mucin-Related Molecular Responses of Bronchial Epithelial Cells in Rats Infected with the Nematode Nippostrongylus brasiliensis
Figure 5
Gene transcription levels of Muc2, Muc5AC, St3gal4, and Retnlb in the lungs of BN rats after N. brasiliensis infection. Total RNA was extracted from the lungs, reverse transcribed, and relative quantification was carried out by real-time PCR. The quantified value for each sample was normalised with respect to that for β-actin. The data are mean and SE of 4 animals. The vertical axis shows the expression levels with day-0 average levels in BN rats expressed as 1.0. D0–D28 represent days after primary infection. **Significantly different from D0 values ().
