Figure 5

IFN-γ promotes bacterial internalization into TG cells. (A) Bacterial internalization into IFN-γ treated TS or TG cells. B. abortus was deposited onto TS and TG cells which were treated with or without (cont.) IFN-γ at the indicated concentrations. Data are the averages of triplicate samples from three identical experiments, and the error bars represent the standard deviations. Statistically significant differences between bacterial internalization in TG cells with and without IFN-γ treatment are indicated by asterisks (*, P < 0.01). (B) Expression of IFN-γ receptor in TS and TG cells. Immunoblot analysis was performed with anti-IFN-γ receptor and anti-β-actin rabbit polyclonal antibody.