Figure 5.

Pannel (A): Phagocytic ability. Left graphic: percentage of cells able to phagocyte fluorescent FITC-labeled latex beads (positive cells). Right graphic: phagocytic ability of positive cells. Pannel (B): Confocal microscopy (Z-stacks combined): Observation of actin filaments with phalloidin labeled in red (Atto 560). The cell nucleus is colored blue by Dapi. Upper section = apical microscopy view; middle section = center of cell; lower section = basal microscopy view. Statistical confidence (student t-test) is indicated as follows *** p ≤ 0.001.