Research Article

The Intracellular Growth of M. tuberculosis Is More Associated with High Glucose Levels Than with Impaired Responses of Monocytes from T2D Patients

Figure 3

Effect of high glucose on TLR-2 and TLR-4 surface expression in human monocytes from healthy subjects. Monocytes were cultured in high glucose (30 mM) or RPMI medium for 24 h and then stained with specific monoclonal antibodies against human CD14, and the TLR and monocyte regions were analyzed. A representative analysis of the effect of HG on (a) TLR-2 and (b) TLR-4 is shown. Expression of (c) TLR-2 and (d) TLR-4 in monocytes cultured in RPMI medium (closed circles) or under HG (30 mM) (gray circles) (). Mann-Whitney test, , medium vs. HG. The median is represented by a horizontal line.