Table 1.
MCs cocultured with the Leishmania | Time (h) | Leishmania Uptake in MCs (% Gated) | Leishmania Uptake in (MFI) |
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Mast Cells alone | 18 | 1.16 ± 1.2 | 4.9 ± 2.1 |
24 | 1.8 ± 0.8 | 4.8 ± 1.6 | |
L. tropica | 18 | 7.2 ± 2.2* | 18.5 ± 2.3* |
24 | 11.7 ± 2.7* | 23.8 ± 3.4* | |
L. donovoni | 18 | 1.9 ± 2.6 | 5.2 ± 2.3 |
24 | 1.8 ± 3.8 | 5.1 ± 3.3 |
0.1 million cells suspended in 1 ml medium were cultured in 48 well plate overnight for adherence and were incubated with late log CFSE labelled Leishmania at MOI 1:10 for 18 h and 24 h at 37 °C in CO2 incubator followed by harvesting and running through flow cytometer. Each value shown is Leishmania uptake in terms of % of total represented as mean ± SEM of values obtained from three independent assays.