Figure 1. M. stadtmanae induces significant higher release of cytokines in moDCs than M. smithii.

Cytokine release after stimulation of 2×10⁵ moDCs with 1×10⁶ and 1×10⁷ M. stadtmanae or M. smithii cells for 20 h was quantified using commercial ELISA-Kits (A–C). MoDCs were preincubated with 2 µM Cytochalasin D in DMSO (B) or 10 nM Bafilomycin A1 in DMSO (C) for 30 min prior stimulation. LPS (100 ng/ml) and medium were used as controls. Stated data are means of at least 3 independent biological replicates with their respective standard errors of the mean (SEM).