Table 1.
TNFα production and oxidative stress in RTCs under different conditions of cocultivation with leukocytes (LC)
Measured parameters | RTC | LC | RTC + LC + bacterial lysate | RTC + LC + bacterial lysate cultivated with separating membrane |
TNFα in the medium, pg/mL | 0 (n = 6) | 20.9 ± 0.8 (n = 6) | 16.6 ± 2.9 (n = 12) | 5.3 ± 2.2 (n = 6) |
DCF intensity in RTC, arbitrary units | 1.4 ± 0.1 (n = 6) | N/A | 7.4 ± 0.4 (n = 12) | 5.1 ± 0.3 (n = 6) |