C3bi interaction decreases secretion of proinflammatory cytokines by DCs.

Quantitation of cytokines secreted by immunomagnetic bead-sorted BM DCs following interaction with C3biEAs or EAs in the absence or presence of 200 μg/mL LPS. As controls, C3biEAs or EAs (without DCs) were included. Basal levels of TGF-β1 in the culture medium were deducted from the results. Results are illustrated as the means ± SDs of 3 different experiments, *P ≤ .05; **P ≤ .01, and ***P ≤ .001.