Fig. 4.
Effect of probiotics on phagocytic activity. The phagocytic index is defined as % phagocytosis of monocyte cells × mean fluorescence intensity. Monocyte with RPMI medium was used as the negative control (No treatment), and monocyte treated with PMA was the positive control. Each color indicates probiotic species. Data were presented as bar graphs with mean ± standard deviation from three independent experiments. One-way ANOVA was used to test the difference between probiotic bacteria affecting phagocytic activity. (****, P < 0.0001, ***, p < 0.001, **, p < 0.01).
