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. 2023 Dec 9;23:991. doi: 10.1186/s12903-023-03625-4

Fig. 5.

Fig. 5

LPS treatment combined THP-1 coculture induced more IL-6, TNF-α and MMP-9 protein expressions. DPCs treated with 0.1 μg/mL LPS alone (labeled as LPS 0.1), coculture with THP-1 cells alone (laneled as THP-1: DPCs = 1:10), or LPS combined THP-1 coculture (labeled as LPS 0.1 + THP-1: DPCs = 1:10). After 24 and 48 h, collect medium and detect IL-6 (A), TNF-α (B), and MMP-9 (C) protein expression by ELISA kits. LPS-combined THP-1 coculture could induce higher IL-6, TNF-α, and MMP-9 protein expression than LPS or coculture with THP-1 treatment. The data were expressed as the mean ± SD of triplicates from two independent experiments. *, p < 0.05; ***, p < 0.0005 compared with Negative (untreated DPCs); Δ, p < 0.05; ΔΔ, p < 0.005 compare; ΔΔΔ, p < 0.0005 compare with LPS 0.1; #, p < 0.05 compare with THP-1: DPCs = 1:10. Mann–Whitney test