Figure 1.

STBM from normal and preeclamptic placentas alter the cell surface expression of CD54 and CD11a on monocytes. Primary human monocytes were left untreated or were co-cultured with 300 μg/ml STBM prepared from normal (STBM-NP) or preeclamptic (STBM-PE) placentas for 16 h. The cell surface expression of CD54 and CD11a was evaluated on CD14-positive cells using flow cytometry. (A) Representative forward/side scatter dot plots of untreated or STBM-treated cells. (B) Representative histograms of CD54 or CD11a expression on untreated or STBM-treated monocytes. The co-culture experiments were performed two times with five different STBM-NP preparations and three independent STBM-PE preparations.