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. 2018 May 8;8:7296. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-25480-y

Figure 7.

Figure 7

Hepcidin rescues intracellular Mtb replication in heparin-treated macrophages. (A) Hepcidin mRNA expression in BCG-infected macrophages with and without iron supplementation. (B) Intracellular bacterial burden in heparin-treated macrophages with and without iron supplementation. (C) Intracellular bacterial burden in heparin-treated macrophages in presence of iron chelator deferiprone at 0 and 56 hours post infection. (D) Intracellular bacterial burden in heparin-treated macrophages supplemented with hepcidin synthetic peptide. For b macrophages were seeded in 48 well plates. For c and d macrophages were seeded in 96 well plates. Data from three independent experiments. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.