Research Article
Epithelial Cell Gene Expression Induced by Intracellular Staphylococcus aureus
Table 4
Cholesterol
quantification [(g/ cells) ± SD] in uninfected
and infected HEp-2 cell
monolayers.
| Cell
type | Incubation time (h) | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 |
| Unchallenged HEp-2 cell | | | | | Challenged HEp-2 cell | | | | | % cholesterol reduction | 22.91 | 25.60 | 21.87 | 22.41 |
| P value | .005 | .050 | .045 | .026 |
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