Figure 1
From: Skin cytokine expression in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome is not different from controls
Boxplots show ΔCT values, i.e. relation of the CT value of the target normalized to the housekeeping gene 18sRNA, of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF, A), interleukin (IL)-6 (B), IL-8 (C), and IL-10 (D) and of the delta opioid receptor (DOR) (E) in skin samples of the upper thigh (grey boxes) and the lower leg (white boxes) of patients with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS), monopolar depression without pain, and healthy controls. Lower ΔCt values indicate higher gene expression (i.e. earlier target copy detection). No intergroup difference was found for any of the investigated targets.