Figure 2.
PM10 exposure induces IL-8 in PMNs. (a) IL-8 mRNA expression and (b) IL-8 release in PMNs exposed to different concentrations of PM10 (0.1, 1, 10 and 50 µg/mL) for 5 h. Negative control (culture medium); positive control (LPS). The dotted line illustrates the 1.5-fold increase over the untreated negative control. All data are represented by the mean ± SEM of 8 healthy donors. * p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001, by Kruskal–Wallis analysis with post hoc Dunn's test. In (b), the asterisk represents differences compared with the LPS stimulated cells.