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. 2018 Jan 18;8:1115. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-19521-9

Figure 3.

Figure 3

SWCNTs, but not GO, trigger macrophage secretion of chemokines. Secretion of chemokines by primary human macrophages (HMDM) after a 24 h exposure to SWCNTs or GO as measured by a multi-plex immunoassay. (ad) Exposure of HMDM to 30 µg/mL SWCNTs showed a significant increase in CXCL9, CXCL10, CCL3/MIP-1α, and CCL5/RANTES, while there was no response in cells exposed to GO at the same concentration. (e,g) Dose-dependent secretion of CCL3/MIP-1α, and CCL5/RANTES in cells exposed to SWCNTs, while there was no response to GO at any of the concentrations tested (f,h). Data are shown as mean values ± S.D. of three independent experiments using cells from different donors; p-values by Student’s t-test, * < 0.05; *** < 0.001.