Fig. 3.

Nuclei per multi-nucleated giant cells (MGCs) induced by cytokines; adult blood versus cord blood monocytes. Adult peripheral blood (solid box) and cord blood (open box) monocytes were cultured as described in the legend to Fig. 1. The number of nuclei per MGC (20 cells acquired randomly in each experiment) was counted. Results from seven independent experiments are shown in the box-and-whisker plots. Line in the box shows median point, box shows the point from first to third quartile, whiskers show the point from smallest to largest number. Significantly different between cord blood and adult blood: *P < 0·0001.