Figure 7.

Batch-to-batch variation of effects of viable Lactobacillus plantarum GOS42 on lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated inflammatory mediators in primary monocytes. Graphs show the effects of three different batches of viable L. plantarum GOS42 at different concentrations on interleukins (IL) -1β (a) and -6 (b), and prostaglandin E₂ (PGE₂) (c); results are from three independent experiments, each performed with biological triplicates and technical duplicates (n = 6 per experiment). All data are expressed as means ± standard deviation. The colony forming units per ml corresponding to each concentration for each batch are shown in Supplementary Table 4.