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. 2018 Oct 17;9(11):1056. doi: 10.1038/s41419-018-1074-z

Fig. 2. Alveolar macrophage efferocytosis of apoptotic type II alveolar epithelial cells induces an alternatively activated (M2) polarization.

Fig. 2

a, b Overlay images (20×) of phase and fluorescent microscopy images of cultured alveolar macrophages treated under control conditions (a) or treated for 2 h with UV-exposed GFP-labeled primary alveolar epithelial cells (b). c RT-qPCR expression analysis of cultured primary alveolar macrophages treated UV-treated primary AECs or without (control) for 24 h. d TGFβ ELISA of conditioned media from alveolar macrophages treated UV-treated primary AECs for 24 h. N = 4, *p < 0.05 compared to unstimulated macrophages