Figure 8From: A Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis relA deletion mutant and a 35 kDa major membrane protein elicit development of cytotoxic T lymphocytes with ability to kill intracellular bacteriaComparison of apoptosis in uninfected and infected MoMΦ incubated with MMP-stimulated mdPBMC. The frequency of apoptosis was low in infected MoMΦ incubated with naïve unprimed mdPBMC and in uninfected MoMΦ incubated with MMP-stimulated mdPBMC. Although a small increase in apoptosis was observed in infected MoMΦ incubated with MMP-stimulated mdPBMC, the majority of cells in each cell preparation were neither necrotic nor apoptotic.Back to article page