Figure 1

Spaghetti plot showing decrease expression of SVCT2 in OA3 grade samples. Y-axis showing ∆CT values [∆CT values is the difference between the CT (cycle threshold) values of the target gene (SVCT2) and a housekeeping gene] of OA1 and OA3 samples (n = 29, p < 0.0001). CT levels are inversely proportional to the amount of target in the sample (i, e the lower the CT level the greater the amount of target gene expression in the sample).