FIGURE 7.
Differential induction of IDO protein in mϕ in response to infection and treatment. (A) Real-time PCR monitored mRNA expression of uninfected (empty bars) or infected (solid bars) mϕ types one day post-infection. ∗∗p ≤ 0.001; ∗p ≤ 0.035 for comparison to untreated resting mϕ using group-wise comparison and Relative Expression Software Tool (Pfaffl et al., 2002). (B) Western blots of resting macrophages (Rest), AA mϕ (AA), and CA mϕ without (-) exposure to or infected with (+) Chlamydia trachomatis L2 (CtrL2). (C) Immunoblots of protein levels of IDO1 (INDO) of mϕ left untreated (nil) or stimulated with Escherichia coli LPS (LPS), inoculated with heat-killed (hk) or viable (via) Chlamydia trachomatis. ß-Tubulin served as loading control.
