Figure 5.
HBD-2 release into medium by primary amnion epithelial cells treated with recombinant cytokines after 24 h. HBD-2 protein in the medium was measured by ELISA. Columns are mean ± SEM (N=3–6 women). Asterisks (*) represent significant differences between treatment and control when compared by Tukey’s post hoc test following ANOVA (P < 0.05).