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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Nov 22.
Published in final edited form as: Surgery. 2011 Jun 15;150(5):10.1016/j.surg.2011.04.002. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2011.04.002

Fig 1. Effect of increased extracellular pressure on microglial cell phagocytosis and the role of propofol in the modulation of pressure-induced phagocytosis.

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Either untreated or Intralipid-treated microglial cells increased phagocytosis under increased pressure conditions in comparison to cells not exposed to increased pressure (* p<0.01, n=3). Pretreatment with propofol (*p<0.01, n=3) significantly increased phagocytosis in microglial cells compared to cells treated with intralipid at ambient pressure. Propofol reversed the effect of pressure-stimulated phagocytosis in propofol-treated cells (# p<0.01, n=3).