(a).
| Phagocytosis rates of RBCs (100%) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Untreated RBCs | 42°C-incubated RBCs | IgG-opsonized RBCs | |||||||
| BafA1 | Without BafA1 | p value | BafA1 | Without BafA1 | p value | BafA1 | Without BafA1 | p value | |
| Wild-type THP-1 | 17.68 ± 0.41 | 13.12 ± 0.34 | ∗∗ | 39.24 ± 0.39 | 31.56 ± 0.41 | ∗∗ | 58.40 ± 0.33 | 44.54 ± 0.06 | ∗∗ |
| shNC THP-1 | 18.01 ± 0.36 | 13.50 ± 0.12 | ∗∗ | 39.58 ± 0.85 | 31.72 ± 1.00 | ∗∗ | 58.39 ± 0.14 | 44.87 ± 0.40 | ∗∗ |
| ID3 THP-1 | 12.31 ± 0.34 | 4.85 ± 0.19 | ∗∗ | 26.18 ± 0.50 | 18.15 ± 0.68 | ∗∗ | 34.97 ± 0.73 | 23.02 ± 0.23 | ∗∗ |