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Figure 4

From: MAPK-dependent regulation of IL-1- and β-adrenoreceptor-induced inflammatory cytokine production from mast cells: Implications for the stress response

Figure 4

RT-PCR analysis for IL-6, IL-8, and IL-13 in HMC-1 treated with IL-1β and epinephrine. HMC-1 were treated for 6 hours with IL-1β with and without epinephrine and harvested for RNA preparation. RNA was subjected to RT-PCR with specific primers for target genes. HPRT was used as a house keeping gene to ensure equal loading. IL-6 gene expression was increased with IL-1β treatment and further increased with IL-1β plus epinephrine. Epinephrine alone had no effect on IL-6 gene expression in HMC-1. IL-8 and IL-13 showed similar results with a more robust expression of gene transcripts at this time point.

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