Figure 2

Boxplots of IL-10 amounts produced by PBMCs in response to L. plantarum wild-type and mutant cells. ²Log transformed IL-10 amounts induced by exponential and stationary phase L. plantarum cells are shown. The dots indicate the median value, the boxes indicate first and third quartile, and the whiskers extend to outlying data points for a total of 12 measurements (3 PBMC donors were measured using 4 replicate cultures of each L. plantarum strain).