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Table 1 Phagocytosis of live bacteria

From: The osteoblast as an inflammatory cell: production of cytokines in response to bacteria and components of bacterial biofilms

 

bacteria associated with cells (% of input) (mean of n = 4)

colonies counted after 24 h

 

37 °C

4 °C

37 °C

4 °C

osteoblasts + S. epidermidis

47 ± 15

51 ± 21

257; 65*

52; 14*

osteoblasts + heparin + S.epidermidis

39 ± 21

34 ± 12

67; 38*

7; 8*

  1. *The values represent each the mean of duplicates; two independent experiments are shown
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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

ISSN: 1471-2474

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