Figure 3
Effects of estrogen, C. albicans and lactobacilli on VK2 cell expression of signal transduction and cytokine molecules. The mean ± standard error relative fluorescence of cells from 6 experiments/group, that were stained with specific fluorescently labeled antibodies and detected by flow cytometry, are compared between (open bars) VK2 cells incubated with 17β-estradiol, challenged with C. albicans and (solid bars) VK2 cells cultured with 17β-estradiol, probiotic lactobacilli and challenged with C. albicans. *The pairs of bars were significantly different from each other (determined with paired t-tests, P < 0.05).