Table 2.
DC activation markers expressed by DCs incubated in the presence or absence of inactivated N. farcinica
| Treatment | Expression of surface molecule (median MFI [25th, 75th percentile])a |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| HLA-DR | CD25 | CD83 | CD86 | |
| Inactivated N. farcinica | 194.5 (136.7, 585.1) | 7.9* (2.3, 28.2) | 36.1* (23.9, 41.6) | 314.0* (264.1, 475.5) |
| Medium | 97.8 (58.3, 305.4) | 0 (0, 0) | 2.8 (1.5, 4.6) | 12.0 (5.8, 28.0) |
a
Data are based on MFIs from nine independent experiments (MFIs of isotype controls were subtracted). *, P ≤ 0.01 compared to DCs kept in medium (Mann-Whitney test).