Fig. 4.

Effect of Lactobacillus TH 14 conditioned medium on the proliferation of THP-1 cells. THP-1 cells were incubated with TH14 conditioned medium in the absence or presence of LPS. Cell suspensions were stained with trypan blue, counted on a hemocytometer and the number of viable cells in each sample was calculated. RPMI: cell culture medium; MRS: deMan-Rogosa-Sharpe, bacterial media control; TH14: Lactobacillus TH14 conditioned medium. The number of viable cells is shown as mean value with standard deviation from three different experiments.