Figure 2From: Association of reduced heme oxygenase-1 with excessive Toll-like receptor 4 expression in peripheral blood mononuclear cells in Behçet's diseaseTLR2 and TLR4 mRNA expression in PBMCs and PMNs from patients with BD. Expression levels in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) of (a) Toll-like receptor (TLR)2 and (b) TLR4 mRNA in healthy controls (HC), and patients with active and inactive Behçet's disease (BD) were determined semiquantitatively by real-time PCR. Horizontal bars represent mean values of HO-1 mRNA. Expression levels in polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs) of (c) TLR2 and (d) TLR4 in HC, and patients with active and inactive BD. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, as determined using the Kruskal-Wallis test with post-hoc Scheffe's test. AU, arbitrary unit; GAPDH, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase; NS, not significant.Back to article page