Comparative expression of genes in the fractured NOF (filled boxes) compared with OA (open boxes) in hip synovium and cartilage

Copyright information:Taken from "Expression profiling of metalloproteinases and their inhibitors in synovium and cartilage"Arthritis Research & Therapy 2006;8(4):R124-R124.Published online 19 Jul 2006PMCID:PMC1779413. The expression level of each gene was determined, as described in Materials and methods, and normalized to the level of rRNA gene expression using ΔC[C(target gene) – C(18S)]. The box-and-whisker plot shows median values, and each section represents a quartile of the data. Samples on or below the dotted line have C(target gene) = 40 and are therefore not detectable (n.d.).