High Levels of Proinflammatory Cytokines, but Not Markers of Tissue Injury, in Unaffected Intestinal Areas from Patients with IBD
Figure 4
Western-blot analysis of IL-15 and IL-18 in protein extracts from intestinal biopsies. (a) Representative figure of several experiments, analysis of IL-15 (12.9 kDa), IL-18 active form (18 kDa), and IL-18 inactive form (24 kDa). Control lanes “C”: human recombinant IL-15 or IL-18. Lanes 1–3: healthy controls. Lanes 4-5: affected areas from UC. Lanes 6-7: unaffected areas from UC. Lanes 8-9: affected areas from CD. Lanes 10-11: unaffected areas from CD. (b) Densitometric band analysis, statistical differences respect to healthy controls are shown. and
