Fig 1.
Capture of Acinetobacter by human neutrophils through lamellipodia and filopodia.
Pictures show SEM microphotographs of control or infected neutrophils (2 h). Short lamellipodia (arrows in a) or large filopodia (b, c) were observed surrounding bacteria. Arrowheads in a and d (unstimulated neutrophils) show short filopodia. Results are representative of observations made from at least three independent experiments. Micrographs were originally captured at ×6500 (a), ×4500 (b), ×5000 (c), ×8000 (d) magnification.
Table 1.
TLR-4 immune-related genes in neutrophils whose transcript levels exhibited twofold or greater modulation after infection with A. baumannii at 2h.
Fig 2.
CXCL-8 (A), IL-1β (B), and TNF-α (C) concentrations in culture supernatants from neutrophils unstimulated and stimulated with A. baumannii ATCC® 19606™ for 2 and 4 h. Bars represent the standard error (SE) from 3 independent experiments measured in duplicate; asterisks denote statistically significant differences (p<0.05).