Fig. 7

Recombinant cysteine protease inhibitor of Baylisascaris schroederi migratory larvae (rBsCPI-1) increased the phagocytosis of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs). Phagocytosis of PBMCs was determined by phagocytosed FITC-dextran using flow cytometry (A). The percentage of FITC⁺ cells presented is representative of three independent experiments (B). The relative expression of pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines is shown in (C). Data are shown as mean ± SD of 3 replicates per group. ^*P < 0.05, ^**P < 0.01, ^***P < 0.001 versus control group; ^§P < 0.05, ^§§P < 0.01, ^§§§P < 0.001 versus pET-32a group