Fig. 5From: Oral Lactobacillus strains reduce cytotoxicity and cytokine release from peripheral blood mononuclear cells exposed to Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans subtypes in vitroTNF-α secreted from PBMCs from six blood donors and exposed to CWEs (100 μg/mL) of each strain of A. actinomycetemcomitans and their combination with Lactobacillus paracasei SD1. * Statistically significant cytotoxicity for the combinations compared to A. actinomycetemcomitans alone (Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test; p < 0.05)Back to article page