Fig. 4.

Effect of the Aspergillus f16-specific T cell lines on Aspergillus fumigatus hyphae. Cells from dendritic cells (DC)-primed or DC/B lymphoblastoid cell lines (BLCL)-primed cultures were incubated with A. fumigatus hyphae for 2 h and hyphae damage was assessed using a tetrazolium dye XTT-formazan assay. Results are the mean ± standard deviation of two experiments (each performed in triplicate) of the percentage of A. fumigatus hyphae damage calculated according to the formula in Materials and methods.