Figure 8.

Functional assay of the phagocytic activity of monocytes differentiated into macrophages by GM-CSF in the presence of human DBMSCs. Phagocytosed Zymosan particles were measured by reading the optical density at 405 nm. Phagocytosis of Zymosan particles by macrophages was not significantly affected by DBMSC treatments compared to macrophages cultured alone. Experiments were carried out in duplicate and repeated 10 times using 10 individual preparations of both monocyte-derived macrophages and DBMSCs. Bars represent standard errors.