New means to monitor the effect of glucocorticoid therapy in children

Figure 1 GITR and FOXP3 gene expression in target cells when cultured with patient serum taken before (A) and 2 wk after (B) GC therapy. For test reliability, the patients with low mRNA expression < 10 ng/μL (n = 7) were excluded from the Figure and the statistical analyses. ^aP < 0.05, ^bP = 0.050.