Figure 5.
Gene expression in THP-1-derived macrophages type 0 (THP-1-M0) after being cultured on tissue culture polystyrene (TCP), Muc gels, and sialidase-treated Muc gels (tMuc gel) on D1, D3, and D7. The data points denote the mean of relative gene expression to RPL-37 obtained from three independent experiments with duplicates. Statistical significance was calculated by one-way ANOVA test by Prism 8.0. Black *, brown *, and black ∧ indicate the comparison between Muc gels vs TCP, tMuc gels vs TCP, and Muc gel vs tMuc gel, respectively. *, **, ***, and **** indicate p values of <0.05, 0.01, 0.0005, and 0.0001, respectively.