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. 2017 Jul 25;7:6406. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-06402-w

Figure 4.

Figure 4

hAM explants actively secrete PS components. (a) SP-D is secreted into cell culture medium by hAM. Conditioned medium of reflected hAM explants shows higher SP-D concentrations (83.4 ± 21.5 ng/mL, n = 5) compared to placental hAM (57.8 ± 16.9 ng/mL, n = 5). As positive control, porcine BALF (34.0 ± 6.7 ng/mL, n = 2) was used. Illustrated are mean + S.D. (b) Ultrastructural analysis of hAM reveals lamellar body-like structures inside the cytoplasm, crucial for PS transportation and secretion. Magnification: 8900x and 18000x.