Epithelial Cell Gene Expression Induced by Intracellular Staphylococcus aureus

Table 4

Cholesterol quantification [(𝜇g/10⁵ cells) ± SD]  in uninfected and infected HEp-2 cell monolayers.

Cell type	Incubation time (h)
	2	4	6	8
Unchallenged HEp-2 cell	75.82±2.99	69.78±5.31	64.94±5.00	55.91±4.78
Challenged HEp-2 cell	58.43±3.73	51.92±2.87	50.74±5.22	43.38±3.36
% cholesterol reduction	22.91	25.60	21.87	22.41
P value	.005	.050	.045	.026