Fig. 1

Inflammatory cytokines gene expression. Box plots show fold change (2^−ΔΔCt) in expression through qRT-PCR in DLB and AD patients, both as relative to the group of HC. P-values determine the level of statistical significance in gene expression between the analyzed groups. a IL1β gene expression, SW test value = 0.80; p < 0.0001; *p-value derived from Mann-Whitney U test AD vs DLB p = 0.008; §p-value derived from Sign test DLB vs HC p < 0.0001; §p-value derived from Sign test AD vs HC p < 0.000.1 b TNFα gene expression, SW test value = 0.82; p = 0.001. *p-value derived from Mann-Whitney U test AD vs DLB p < 0.0001; §p-value derived from Sign test DLB vs HC p < 0.0001; §p-value derived from Sign test AD vs HC p < 0.0001. c IL6 gene expression, SW test value = 0.89; p = 0.005. *p-value derived from Mann-Whitney U test AD vs DLB p = 0.785; §p-value derived from Sign test DLB vs HC p < 0.0001; §p-value derived from Sign test AD vs HC p = 0.038