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. 2019 Apr 2;10:685. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2019.00685

Figure 5.

Figure 5

Effect of traumatic injury on neutrophil glucose uptake and metabolism. Glucose uptake by basal (A) or PMA-stimulated (B) neutrophils isolated from healthy controls (HC) and trauma patients. MFI, Mean fluorescence intensity. (C,D) Comparison of lactate concentration in cell-free supernatants collected from resting (C) or PMA stimulated (D) neutrophils isolated from HC and trauma patients following a 3 h in vitro culture. Number of samples analyzed are indicated below each time-point. *p < 0.01, **p < 0.001, ***p < 0.0001 vs. HC. (E,F) Expression of the glycolytic enzymes pyruvate kinase (PKM2) and lactate dehydrogenase A (LDHA) in resting neutrophils isolated from HC (n = 5) and trauma patients 48–72 h post-injury (n = 14). Data are presented as representative Western blots (E) and densitometry analysis of collated data for LDHA (F, top panel) and PKM2 (F, bottom panel). *p < 0.01 vs. HC.