Epithelial CXCL10 mRNA is induced by HRV14 and T cells, CXCL8 and IL-6 mRNA are induced only by T cells.

<p>HNEC were exposed apically to HRV14 alone (HRV), or co-cultured with activated T cells alone (T cells), or exposed to HRV14 washed thoroughly then co-cultured with activated T cells (HRV+T cells). The expression of CXCL10 mRNA (A), CXCL8 mRNA (B) and IL-6 mRNA (C) was determined by real-time PCR. Data represent the fold increase relative to non-infected cells cultured in the absence of T cells. Shown are the boxplots with the 25^th, 50^th (median), 75^th percentiles, the mean (open square), the maximum and the minimum values. *p<0.05 compared with control non-infected cells. **p<0.05 compared with HRV-infected cells.