TNFα Affects Ciliary Beat Response to Increased Viscosity in Human Pediatric Airway Epithelium

Figure 2

TNFα incubation increases response after viscous loading. (a) Time course of the after increasing the viscosity of the media with 10% dextran in primary cultures pretreated for 48 hours with TNFα (10 ng/mL) or control. (b) Difference between maximal and basal calcium levels after 10% dextran solution or control. Each bar represents the mean ± SEM. significant differences (). corresponds to the number of culture used.

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