Figure 4

TNF-α production is impaired in macrophages infected with NO-resistant L. (V.) braziliensis. Monocyte-derived macrophages were infected with NO-susceptible or NO-resistant L. (V.) braziliensis. After 2, 24, 72 or 120 h of infection the culture supernatants were harvest from non-stimulated macrophages (A) or macrophages treated with LPS (100 ng/mL) plus IFN-γ (10 ng/mL) thirty minutes prior to the addition of parasites (B). TNF-α levels were determined by ELISA. Each bar represents the mean ± SEM of three experiment from three separate donors (ANOVA, Tukey's multiple comparison Test, * = p < 0.05).