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. 2005 Nov 18;1(3):e30. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.0010030

Figure 2. Germinating A. fumigatus Conidia Are Highly Inflammatory.

Figure 2

(A) Absolute number of BAL cells, total neutrophils in BAL, and total macrophages in BAL for C57BL/6 mice 24 h after intratracheal instillation with either heat-killed swollen conidia or live conidia. The bar graphs show the average cell numbers + standard deviation from four mice per group.

(B) Flow cytometric analysis of live BAL cells stained for Ly6G and CD11c as in Figure 1B.

(C) A. fumigatus conidia were allowed to initiate germination for 3, 5, or 7 h, heat-killed, and added to BMMØ cultures for 18 h. TNF-α/MIP-2 concentrations in the supernatants were determined by ELISA. The bar graphs represent the average ± standard deviation of three wells per condition. One of four experiments is shown.