Figure 5. Japanin blocks differentiation of DC from monocytes.

Monocytes were cultured with GM-CSF (1000 U/ml) and IL4 (500 U/ml) with or without Japanin (500 ng/ml). Before the culture, and again after 3 and 5 days of culture, CD1a and CD14 expression were assessed by flow cytometry, in order to monitor differentiation into CD1a⁺CD14^low dendritic cells. Data shown is from one experiment, representative of three independent experiments using cells from different donors.