Figure 8.
Correlation between MBL and C3b in umbilical cord serum. A. fumigatus (1 × 107 conidia/ml) was added into UCS samples, and C3b deposition was measured using flow cytometry. MBL levels were measured in the same samples using a single-epitope sandwich ELISA. The two factors – C3b and MBL – were positively correlated (spearman rank = 0.75, p < 0.0001, n = 23). C3b is expressed as mean fluorescence intensity (MFI) and represent the mean of three independent experiments. MBL measurements were performed in triplicates and are presented in micrograms per milliliter.