MHC Gene Expression.

<p>Graphs show MHC neonatal (A), MHC I (B), MHC IIa (C), MHC IIb (D) and MHC IIx (E) mRNA level in the controls and maternal steroid treatment groups of 2 d (n = 4 for control, n = 8 for steroid group), 7 d (n = 7 for control, n = 4 for steroid group) and 21 d (n = 5 for both control and steroid groups) postnatal age. Values are Median (25^th, 75^th centile), expressed as fold change relative to 2 d control group. White and black box plots refer to the control and steroid treatment groups respectively. ^{* ∧ #} indicates <i>p</i><0.05 compared with controls of 2 d, 7 d and 21 d respectively. MHC: myosin heavy chain. C: control; S: steroid.