Comparison of treatments on cytokine gene expression.

<p>A comparison was made of untreated controls, <i>H flu</i> only mice, and the two steroid treatments to determine how effective the steroids were is returning homeostasis genes back to a normal level. Claudin 4 was upregulated by <i>H flu</i> and its levels were not reduced by the steroids. The remaining genes were significantly up or down regulated by the <i>H flu</i> treatment, and steroid treatments returned expression of these genes back to normal levels.