TABLE 1.
Culture conditions | Amt (pg/ml) secreted
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TNF-α | IL-1β | |
Microglial cells: | ||
In EMEM medium | 32.5 ± 2.97a | 131.4 ± 43.91 |
With PBS | 40.5 ± 4.38 | 150.4 ± 13.44 |
Microglial cells with: | ||
A. culbertsoni trophozoites (1:1)b | 114.3 ± 7.99 | 129.6 ± 19.30 |
1 mg of lysate per ml | 95.6 ± 0.71 | 18.2 ± 6.05 |
0.5 mg of lysate per ml | 119.9 ± 1.41 | 20.6 ± 1.69 |
Values are means ± standard deviations.
The ratio is the number of microglial cells to the number of trophozoites.