Research Paper Volume 9, Issue 3 pp 823—851
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, gene deregulation in the anterior horn of the spinal cord and frontal cortex area 8: implications in frontotemporal lobar degeneration
Figure 3. mRNA expression levels of selected deregulated genes identified by microarray analysis in the anterior horn of the spinal cord in ALS determined by TaqMan RT-qPCR assays. (A) general glial markers; (B-C) mediators of the inflammatory response; and (D) axolemal components. Up of AIGF1 and CD68, toll-like receptors, cytokines and receptors, chemokines and other mediators of the innate and adaptative inflammatory responses. Axolemal genes, excepting NEFH, which shows a non-significant trend to decrease, are significantly down-regulated. (E) glutamate transporter coding genes. The significance level is set at * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01 and *** p < 0.001.