Figure 6.

Flow cytometry analysis of human milk cells taken from a participant suffering from (a) mastitis with comparison sample of the (b) adjacent breast of the same participant and (c) compared to a healthy participant. Increased numbers of CD45 positive cells expressing of granzyme B and perforin, whereas no co-expression observed in EPCAM positive cells. Higher expression of immune proteins in CD45 cells was evident in the mastitis affected participant when compared to healthy participants.