Figure 5.

The invasive potential of undifferentiated and differentiated THP-1 cells. The invasive potential was evaluated in Transwell chambers as described in Materials and Methods. Briefly, cells were suspended in serum-free medium supplemented with or without PMA (100 uM) and seeded into the upper side of the Matrigel (5 μg/ml)-coated chambers. After incubation for 24 h at 37°C, the number of invaded cells was determined using a colorimetric crystal violet assay. Values are the means ± SE (n = 3~4).