Table 4

Burst activities of differentiated cells expanded in IL-stimulated endothelial supernatant.


Control
E. coli
fMLP
PMA

IL-1β
(FBS)
52.5 ± 13.1
(593 ± 156.9)
509.5 ±
107.9 (169.1 ± 30.6)
62.7 ± 10.5
(1336 ± 320.5)
350.4 ± 95.5
(2873.4 ± 615.9)
IL-3
55.4 ± 13.2
800.7 ± 343.1
74 ± 33.1
784.3 ± 334.7
IL-6
39 ± 9.4
467.6 ± 167.31
177 ± 124
287.1 ± 104.5

After culturing the cells for one week with G-CSF (100 ng/ml) and keeping them overnight in human serum, expanded cells showed a ten-fold increased burst activity in response to E. coli and PMA. Oxygen radical formation in cells from different interleukin conditions were comparable (p > 0.05). Shown are average results of mean fluorescence activities ± SE from five independent experiments. In brackets: mean results after storage in FBS-based medium (n = 10).

PMA: phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate; E. coli: Escherichia coli; fMLP: N-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanin.

Moldenhauer et al. BMC Immunology 2008 9:56   doi:10.1186/1471-2172-9-56