Figure 3

Comparison of cytokine levels of (A) mRNA and (B) protein between tissue from healthy controls and tumour tissue from patients with gastro-oesophageal cancer. The lines represent the median value, bars=interquartile range, error bars=extreme values. IL-1β=interleukin-1β, TNF-α=tumour necrosis factor-α. *P<0.05, **P<0.01, ***P<0.001 (Mann–Whitney U-test).