Figure 9.

The effect of IL-1ra (A) and/or exogenous IL-1β (B) on the release of PTX3 in contact co-cultures (M+P). The co-cultures were exposed to silica (160 μg/cm²) for 43 h. IL-1β (75 pg/ml) was added to the M+P co-culture with or without IL-1ra 30 min before silica exposure. Data represent means ± SE for n = 3 separate experiments. *P < 0.05 shows statistical differences of exposed co-cultures vs. un-exposed controls. ^#P < 0.05 shows statistical differences of exposed co-cultures treated with IL-1ra vs. exposed co-cultures without treatment. ^¤P < 0.05 shows statistical differences of IL-1β-treated co-cultures vs. un-treated co-cultures. Data were log-transformed before performing ANOVA.