Figure 5. Treatment of SAEC with HNP1 or 2 results in more HBD2 production from the cells, which is inhibited in the presence of AAT.
SAEC grown in 6 well plates were treated with HNP1 or HNP2 with or without equimolar AAT as mentioned in methods for 24 hrs. HBD2 production was measured by ELISA in the culture supernatant. Five independent experiments (n=5) were performed and data presented as mean±SEM; significance (p<0.05) was determined by student t-test.