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Figure 3. H. pylori induced GM-CSF and CXCL1 expression. (A and C) The quantitative assays of GM-CSF (A) and CXCL1 (C) were performed by RT-qPCR. ***P < 0.001, HP (+) vs. HP (-); (B and D) the correlation of GM-CSF (B) and CXCL1 (D) with IL-17A expression was analyzed. H. pylori: Helicobacter pylori; RT-qPCR: reverse transcription quantitative polymerase chain reaction; IL: interleukin; CXCL1: chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand 1; GM-CSF: granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor