Fig. 8: Impact of male partner circumcision status on changes in endocervical dendritic cells after penile-vaginal sex. | Communications Medicine

Fig. 8: Impact of male partner circumcision status on changes in endocervical dendritic cells after penile-vaginal sex.

From: Immune parameters of HIV susceptibility in the female genital tract before and after penile-vaginal sex

Fig. 8

In each row, the graph on the left demonstrates changes in endocervical dendritic cells from baseline to 1 h and 72 h after condomless sex for all participants (N = 29). The central figure then shows data from the subset of couples with an uncircumcised partner, and the figure on the right from the subset of couples with a circumcised partner. Rows are: a % activated monocyte-derived DCs (CD86 + CD14 + DCs). b % mature monocyte-derived DCs (CD83 + CD14 + DCs). c % activated CD14- DC (CD86 + ). d % mature CD14- DCs (CD83 + ). Statistical comparisons were performed using Wilcoxon Signed Ranked test. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001.

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