Fig. 6
From: Effects of divergent selection upon adrenocortical activity on immune traits in pig
Functional ability of circulating immune cells in both lines of pigs. Phagocytosis (a) and cytokine secretion (b) were evaluated on heparin-treated blood of 6-week old HPAlo (empty squares) and HPAhi (black squares) pigs (n = 16 per group). Each point represents a single piglet. a, Phagocytosis of fluorescent E. coli. Bacteria by mononuclear and polynuclear cells was analysed by flow cytometry. b, Cytokine secretion by whole blood cells was evaluated after an ex vivo stimulation for 18-h with 10 ng/ml LPS. The amount of TNFα, IL-8 and IL-10 in the supernatants was measured by ELISA. Stars denote statistical significance (** p < 0.01)