Fig. 3
From: Mesangial cells are key contributors to the fibrotic damage seen in the lupus nephritis glomerulus
Expression of mRNA for ECM genes by conditionally immortalised mesangial cells following cytokine stimulation. Conditionally immortalised MCs were treated with IL-1β, TNF-α, IFN-α and IFN-γ alone and in combination (Combo) for 24 h. mRNA expression was assessed for COL1A1 (a), COL1A2 (b), COL3A1 (c), COL4A1 (d), LAMB1 (e) and LAMB2 (f). N = 5 per group, data are analysed using Friedman’s test with Dunn’s post-hoc test, *P < 0.05 and **P < 0.01 vs control