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Fig. 4

From: Clinical Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates induce differing CXCL8 responses from human nasopharyngeal epithelial cells which are reduced by liposomes

Fig. 4

CXCL8 responses of human nasopharyngeal epithelial cells to serotype 1 pneumococcal clinical isolates with different haemolytic activities in the absence and presence (1 mg or 100 μg) of liposomes. For the haemolytic and poorly haemolytic strains, liposomes significantly reduced CXCL8 concentration (p < 0.05 for 1 mg liposomes). The non-haemolytic strains induced so little CXCL8 that no reduction was observable by adding liposomes. * indicates significant difference. Error bars indicate standard deviation

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BMC Microbiology

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