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Table 3 Immunophenotype of fetal APC upon TLR and Hz stimulation.

From: Plasmodium falciparum exposure in utero, maternal age and parity influence the innate activation of foetal antigen presenting cells

   

Monocytes

  

MDC

 

Parameter

median (± interquartile)

stimulus

Total CB

MP-Negative

MP-Positive

Total CB

MP -Negative

MP-Positive

% HLA-DR+ cells

unstimulated

89.34 ± (13.90)

89.33 ± (16.57)

89.79 ± (7.27)

88.78 ± (19.83)

87.33.40 ± (19.83)

92.62 ± (20.13)

 

Hz

91.03 ± (10.10)

90.46 ± (11.97)

92.27 ± (8.31)

90.99 ± (12.22)

89.40 ± (13.55)

91.37 ± (7.88)

 

LPS

96.73 ± (6.22)

96.73 ± (7.61)

96.45 ± (3.14)

93.24 ± (11.08)

93.24 ± (11.66)

93.38 ± (15.23)

 

Poly I:C

96.79 ± (4.68)

96.79 ± (7.99)

96.70 ± (2.27)

93.99 ± (12.57)

93.08 ± (9.54)

92.09 ± (16.42)

HLA-DR, MFIa

unstimulated

120.81 ± (20.14)

121.15 ± (24.36)

119.54 ± (16.48)

143.85 ± (23.19)

143.57 ± (21.28)

149.29 ± (22.77)

 

Hz

122.08 ± (20.42) *

125.36 ± (23.00)

121.47 ± (15.15)

146.96 ± (14.93)

151.30 ± (14.69)

156.06 ± (20.47)

 

LPS

135.72 ± (16.78)*

137.56 ± (18.02)

133.23 ± (13.82)

152.40 ± (16.28)*

145.49 ± (19.31)

150.67 ± (13.84)

 

Poly I:C

136.53 ± (15.66)*

137.27 ± (19.29)

136.41 ± (13.51)

150.16 ± (14.93)*

150.61 ± (16.72)

149.60 ± (16.35)

  1. Immunophenotyping on stimulated cells was performed on 43 cord blood samples (total CB); 12 from women with MP accumulation in placenta (MP-Positive) and 31 without MP in placenta (MP-negative). All comparison between MP-Negative and MP-Positive were not significant.
  2. a; MFI, mean fluorescence intensity
  3. *; P < 0.05