Hepcidin expression in colon during trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid-induced colitis in rats

Figure 4 Analysis of hepcidin mRNA expression (hepcidin to β-actin ratio) in HT-29 cells. Untreated control cells were compared with cells treated with interleukin-6 (IL-6) (40 ng/mL), iron citrate (20 μmol/L), deferoxamine (30 mmol/L), lipopolysaccharide (LPS) (1 μg/mL) or peptidoglycan (PGN) (10 μg/mL). Data are expressed as the means ± SE of 2 experiments performed in triplicate. ^aP < 0.05 and ^bP < 0.01 compared with control.