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Fig. 5 | BMC Infectious Diseases

Fig. 5

From: Glycosaminoglycans are involved in bacterial adherence to lung cells

Fig. 5

Involvement of cell surface HSPGs in the binding of pathogens to lung cells. a Differential transcription of syndecans and glypicans in lung cells; values on the Y-axis are represented on a logarithmic scale. b-c Effect of treatment with anti-SDC antibodies and with PI-PLC on pathogen attachment to A549 cells (b) and MRC5 cells (c). d Relative differences in mean bacterial adherence inhibition between lung cells treated with anti-SDC antibodies and with PI-PLC. Data are shown normalized to the control represented by binding in the absence of treatment. The spreads represent standard deviation. Statistically significant differences are denoted by *** for p < 0.001

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