Figure 4. Detection of MIP-2, KC, IL-1β, and IL-6 mRNA in A. fumigatus-induced mouse cornea. The bar chart shows the relative mRNA levels of MIP-2, IL-1β, KC, and IL-6. The relative mRNA levels were obtained by comparing the optical densities of cytokine-specific bands to the density of an internal standard, GAPDH. MIP-2, KC, IL-1β, and IL-6 were all found to be significantly upregulated in the infected group compared to the normal control group (p<0.01)