Fig. 3: Panel of inflammation-related genes with increased expression in the lungs of coinfected mice.

Expression of various inflammation-related genes in the lungs. RNA was isolated from the lungs of K18-hACE2 mice at 4 dpIi/2 dpSi and analyzed by real-time qRT-PCR. Each symbol represents one mouse (4 per group). The Y axis represents the fold change in the infected mice compared with the naive mice. The column height represents the mean. The error bars represent the SE. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001; ****p < 0.00002   Student’s t-test two tailed, Microsoft Excel 2016.