Figure 3

Infection with the H. pylori 26695 rocF- mutant induces significantly higher levels of IL-8 than its wild type or rocF⁺counterparts. Fold induction of genes depicted in Figure 2, performed as explained in Materials and Methods using GAPDH as housekeeping gene and one internal calibrator. * p < 0.0001, as compared to the induction in response to the infection with H. pylori rocF-. Values represent the average expression ± SEM of three independent replicates.