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. 2009 Mar 10;100(7):1111–1119. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6604965

Figure 3.

Figure 3

Vascular endothelial growth factor and RCC supernatants added to DC differentiation cultures inhibit maturation-induced surface markers on DC: effects of bevacizumab, sorafenib and sunitinib. Dendritic cells obtained from monocytes in 7-day cultures with GM-CSF and IL-4 were analysed by surface immunostaining and flow cytometry for the indicated leukocyte differentiation antigens before and after maturation in the presence of TNF-α, IFN-α and poly I:C. As indicated, recombinant VEGF (A) or RCC supernatants (B) were added during differentiation. When indicated, bevacizumab, sorafenib or sunitinib was also added during the differentiation cultures. Values are expressed as mean±s.e.m. of four different experiments. **P<0.01,***P<0.001, statistical analyses were performed by the Kruskal–Wallis statistical test. In all cultures set up with CD14+ cells, the expression of CD14 was lost, so at the end of the cultures <1% cells were CD14+.