Table 1.
Cytokine measurements in media (pg/mL ± SEM) of macrophage and trophoblast cultures. The trophoblast, macrophage, and co-culture data are the same data presented in Figure 2. To investigate the synergistic effect of the two cell types in coculture, the p value was determined by comparing the sum of individually cultured trophoblasts plus individually cultured macrophages (column labeled Sum of Individual Troph and Macro) to macrophages co-cultured with trophoblasts (column labeled Coculture Macro-Troph).
| Cytokine | Trophoblast | Macrophage | Sum of Individual Troph and Macro |
Co-culture Macro-Troph |
p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Decidual Macrophage Experiments | |||||
| IL-6 | 1740.2 ± 331.8 | 1983.5 ± 472.2 | 3723.7 | 6268.2 ± 1136.2 | 0.0005 |
| IL-18 | 5.7 ± 1.5 | 17.2 ± 3.5 | 22.9 | 26.8 ± 3.5 | 0.0327 |
| IL-10 | 0 | 55.7 ± 18.2 | 55.7 | 107.4 ± 30.9 | 0.0215 |
| CSF2 | 53.1 ± 13.9 | 911.1 ± 377.2 | 964.2 | 440.2 ± 154.6 | 0.0002 |
| TNF | 53.7 ± 20.2 | 562.4 ± 207.9 | 616.1 | 303.0 ± 98.2 | 0.002 |
| CXCL8 | 7803.5 ± 1013.3 | 47806.0 ± 14954.3 | 55609.5 | 44374.0 ± 11694.2 | 0.0034 |
| CCL3 | 268.2 ± 69.6 | 6825.0 ± 1788.2 | 7093.2 | 4469.5 ± 1289.1 | 0.0002 |
| CCL4 | 7.8 ± 3.8 | 151.6 ± 38.9 | 159.4 | 120.4 ± 35.9 | 0.0002 |
| VEGF | 51.1 ± 10.6 | 252.2 ± 33.3 | 303.3 | 225.8 ± 43.4 | 0.0134 |
| CCL2 | 1962.8 ± 409.5 | 31210.0 ± 10696.1 | 33172.8 | 21711.2 ± 5951.4 | 0.0681 |
| IL-1ra | 301.6 ± 99.0 | 305.4 ± 97 | 607 | 733.1 ± 155.6 | 0.3125 |
| CSF3 | 248.7 ± 106.4 | 1740.2 ± 476.9 | 1988.9 | 1522.8 ± 401.9 | 0.0674 |
| Peripheral Blood Derived Macrophage Experiments | |||||
| CSF2 | 62.5 ± 9.6 | 5.6 ± 3.7 | 68.1 | 34.6 ± 9.9 | 0.0313 |
| VEGF | 74.2 ± 16.3 | 14.6 ± 6.7 | 88.8 | 42.3 ± 13.2 | 0.0313 |