Table 1.

Significant effects of Rb9 (χ² statistics) on different populations of human neutral (TNF), activated (LPS), or suppressed (IL-10 + TGF-β) dendritic cells (DCs)^a.

mDC markers	Systems Rb9 and controls	Statistics of Rb9 effects	Stimuli
CD11c	LPS	C
HLA-DR	LPS + Rb9	X2 p < 0.05	*Neg
	TNF	C
	TNF + Rb9	X2 NS	0
	IL-10 + TGF-β	C
	IL-10/TGF-β + Rb9	X2 p < 0.01	**Pos
CD83	LPS	C
HLA-DR	LPS + Rb9	X2 NS	0
	TNF	C
	TNF + Rb9	X2 NS	0
	IL-10 + TGF-β	C
	IL-10/TGF-β + Rb9	X2 p < 0.01	**Pos
CD80	LPS	C
CD86	LPS + Rb9	X2 NS	0
	TNF	C
	TNF + Rb9	X2 NS	0
	IL-10 + TGF-β	C
	IL-10/TGF-β + Rb9	X2 p < 0.01	**Pos

^aResults obtained in a flow cytometer (see Supplementary Figure 4). C, control system; X², Chi- squared statistics;

^*Neg, significant inhibitory effect;

^**Pos, significant activation; NS, not significant effect.