Figure 6
From: The innate immune response of equine bronchial epithelial cells is altered by training
Ex vivo production of IFN-β, TNF-α, IL-6 and CXCL8 in EBEC from untrained and trained horses. EBEC were obtained from biopsies collected from untrained and trained horses, at rest as well as after an acute exercise (PE = post-effort). EBEC were cultured in vitro and stimulated with FSL, Poly(I:C) and LPS. We report the secretion of IFN-β (A), TNF-α (B), IL-6 (C) and CXCL8 (D) after 6 h of incubation in EBEC in medium alone (NC) and activated cells. Significant differences (P < 0.05) are identified with * for differences from EBEC in untrained horses.