Fig. 7From: Are activated B cells involved in the process of myocardial fibrosis after acute myocardial infarction? An in vivo experimentThe relative expression level of cytokine mRNA in the myocardium of the Sham, WT, and BKO group. *P < 0.05, the expression level of cytokine mRNA of the Sham group was compared with WT and BKO groups. WT wild-type, BKO B-cell knockout, TNF-α tumour necrosis factor-α, IL-1β interleukin-1β, IL-6 interleukin-6, TGF-β1 transforming growth factor-β1Back to article page