Research Article

Infection of Human Coronary Artery Endothelial Cells by Group B Streptococcus Contributes to Dysregulation of Apoptosis, Hemostasis, and Innate Immune Responses

Figure 1

Time course of Bim upregulation in HCAEC induced by GBS. (a) Autoradiograph of western blot analysis of cell culture lysates demonstrating upregulation of Bim after 4, 8, and 24 h in comparison to unstimulated HCAEC. (b) Quantitative analysis of the Bim signaling pathway. Data shown represent mean expression in percent ± the standard error of the mean (SEM) of up to 4 independent experiments. The results after 8 hours are defined as 100 percent. * Indicates statistical significant difference ( ); n.s.: no significant difference.
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