Investigation of MicroRNA in Mitochondrial Apoptotic Pathway in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Figure 2

The simplified link between ΔCT of each microRNA and apoptotic molecules in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) in our study. Bidirection (blue) arrow-head thin dash-line: positive correlation between ΔCT microRNA and serum protein; arrow-head (red) bold dash-line: negative correlation between ΔCT microRNA and intracellular protein levels. CRP, C-reactive protein; MAVS, mitochondrial antiviral signaling protein; MDA5, melanoma differentiation-associated protein 5; PBMCs, peripheral blood mononuclear cells.