Table 2.

Effect of TGFβ on size and budding of Taenia crassiceps cysticerci.

Days of culture	Mean ± SD of the cysticerci area (pixels × 103)
	Concentration of TGFβ (ng/mL)
	0 (RPMI)	0 (10% FBS)	0.001	0.01	0.1
0	13.1 ± 2 [0/0]†	15.1 ± 4.3 [0/0]	12.9 ± 3.1 [0/0]	14.4 ± 1.9 }[0/0]	13.1 ± 1.9 [0/0]
6	20.5 ± 2.8 (1.6) [0/0]	18.0 ± 7.4 (1.3) [2/2]	18.4 ± 5.6 (1.5) [1/1]	21.7 ± 2.9 (1.53) [2/2]	14.7 ± 3.2 (1.1) [0/0]
13	20.5 ± 3 (1.6) [1/1]	19.9 ± 3.1 (1.5) [3/6]	23.7 ± 6.8 (1.92) [3/4]	28.1 ± 4.4 (2.0)* [4/6]	24.1 ± 2.1 (1.9)* [2/4]
20	25.1 ± 5.8 (2.0) [1/1]	28.0 ± 5.6 (2.1) [3/7]	31.6 ± 8.8 (2.6) [3/6]	37.4 ± 3.8* (2.62) [4/6]	27.8 ± 3.6 (2.2) [2/4]

Mean ± SD of the area of five Taenia crassiceps cysticerci cultured by 20 days at different TGFβ concentrations. *Significant differences between each treatment and the control group at P < 0.05. ^†Number of budding cysticerci/total number of buds in the five cysticerci. The numbers in parentheses show the fold increase in size with respect to day 0 of culture.