Antibodies Induced by Lipoarabinomannan in Bovines: Characterization and Effects on the Interaction between Mycobacterium avium Subsp. paratuberculosis and Macrophages In Vitro
Figure 3
Functional effects of antibodies: (a) on MAP ingestion. Results are expressed as mean phagocytic index for each treatment ± standard deviation; (b) on MAP intracellular viability. Results are expressed as % change in MAP viability 72 h after the ingestion by Bomac cells. Boxes are representative of electrophoretic (lane 1) and SDS-PAGE (lane 2) pattern of precipitated and purified Igs. α and γ indicate alpha- and gamma- globulins bands. MWM: molecular weight markers. Error bars indicate standard deviation of three independent assays and different letters or numbers over bars represent significant differences between groups.
