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. 2020 May 29;10:8802. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-65782-8

Figure 7.

Figure 7

Effects of kefir peptides on adhesion of THP-1 monocytes to endothelial cells. (A) Flow chart of the experimental setting. (B) Representative fluorescent images showing CM-DiI-labeled THP-1 monocytes on HUVECs monolayer after 4 h incubation in oxLDL CM or Ctrl CM with or without kefir peptides (KPs, 100 μg/ml) followed by addition of red fluorescent CM-DiI labeled THP-1 monocytes. Pictures before (upper panel) and after (lower panel) DPBS wash are taken. (C) The histogram shows the quantification data of three independent adherent cells per high power field (HPF) after washing determined by ImageJ. Ctrl CM: conditioned medium from unstimulated THP-1 macrophages as a control. Scale bar: 200 μm. The statistical analysis was performed according to Duncan’s multiple-range method. The labels at the top of columns without the same letters indicate significant differences between groups (P < 0.05).