Figure 1

(³H)-Thymidine uptake by cardiac fibroblasts incubated with conditioned medium from EECs treated with TNF-α and LPS. The values are mean ± SD (n = 15; Control-CM vs TNF-CM & Control-CM vs LPS-CM, *p < 0.01. Control-CM vs. 0.4% M199, *p < 0.01). Control-CM = Fibroblasts grown in conditioned medium from untreated endocardial endothelial cells, TNF-CM = Fibroblasts grown in conditioned medium from endocardial endothelial cells treated with TNF-α, LPS-CM = Fibroblasts grown in conditioned medium from endocardial endothelial cells treated with LPS, 0.4% M199 = Fibroblasts grown in M199 containing 0.4% FBS. 'n' is the number of times each experiment was done.