Clostridium difficile infection aggravates colitis in interleukin 10-deficient mice

Figure 5 Cytokine expression in Clostridium difficile colitis. The expression of interferon (IFN)-γ, interleukin (IL)-12, and IL-23 mRNAs in colonic tissues from A: Wild type (WT) control and Clostridium difficile (C. difficile)-challenged mice; B: IL-10-deficient (IL-10^-/-) control and C. difficile-challenged mice; C: Cytokine expression in the colonic tissues of WT and IL-10^-/- mice after induction of C. difficile colitis. Error bars indicate standard error of the mean; ^aP < 0.05 vs untreated; ^cP < 0.05 vs WT.