Figure 6

Polarisation of macrophages activated by the activated vaginal cells. The macrophages were activated by the conditioned medium under stressed conditions. The histograms in panels a and b show the geometrical mean values of each sample for expression of the markers, and the bar graphs show the relative fold change between the activated cells and the control and stressed samples (p < 0.05). CON (control), Ext (the conditioned medium), PER (hydrogen peroxide), PRO (fungal protease).