Fig. 3
From: Mycobacterium leprae alters classical activation of human monocytes in vitro
Differential TNF-α and IL-1β response to M. leprae stimulation of monocytes isolated from 10-weeks old BCG-vaccinated and unvaccinated infants. Monocytes were isolated from PBMCs of 10-week old infants, unvaccinated or BCG-vaccinated at birth, and stimulated for 24 h with M. leprae. Data are expressed in pg/ml minus the value of the corresponding unstimulated controls. A 2-tailed paired t-test was used for statistical analysis between cells stimulated with M. leprae. *P ≤ 0.001; δ P ≤ 0.05