TABLE 2.

Effect of anti-LBP MAb or rmLBP on TNF production by LPS-stimulated PEM cultured with 1% autologous plasma^a

Conditions	Mean ± SDb for TNF (pg/ml)
Plasma-free medium	30 ± 20
1% plasma	1,100 ± 250c
1% plasma + anti-LBP MAb	20 ± 25
1% plasma + rmLBP	700 ± 350c

^aPEM (50,000 cells/well) were stimulated for 6 h with 5 ng of LPS/ml in plasma-free medium or in the presence of (i) 1% autologous plasma, (ii) 1% autologous plasma plus 10 μg of anti-LBP MAb (clone M330-19)/ml, or (iii) 1% autologous OF1 plasma plus 100 ng of rmLBP/ml. 

^bData are from two different experiments run in duplicates. 

^cP < 0.05 by ANOVA.