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Figure 4

From: Chlamydophila pneumoniae induces expression of Toll-like Receptor 4 and release of TNF-α and MIP-2 via an NF-κB pathway in rat type II pneumocytes

Figure 4

TLR4 expression is stimulated by a heat-sensitive component of C. pneumoniae. (A) TLR4 was visulalized by Western blot technique and (B) the expression determined by densitometry in non-infected cells (lane 1), non-treated C. pneumoniae (lane 2), heat-inactivated C. pneumoniae (lane 3) and polymyxin pre-treated bacteria (lane 4). Values of n = 4 experiments are given as means ± SD in arbitrary units. Asterisk indicates a significant difference to non-treated C. pneumoniae (2) and polymyxin pre-treated bacteria (4) (P < 0.0001).

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Respiratory Research

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