Research Article

Th1/17-Biased Inflammatory Environment Associated with COPD Alters the Response of Airway Epithelial Cells to Viral and Bacterial Stimuli

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Effect of a Th1/17 environment on expression of mRNA for IL6, CXCL8, TNF, and IL1β by Calu-3 cells in response to LPS, imiquimod, or poly I:C. Gene expression data (relative to HPRT) were transformed and analyzed by 2-way ANOVA. Graphs show fold change relative to unstimulated cells in the corresponding group (media or Th1/17 environment) (LPS, imiquimod: ; poly I:C: ). Significant differences are shown as , , and . Unstim: unstimulated; Imiq: imiquimod.
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