Research Article

The Influence of Ouabain on Human Dendritic Cells Maturation

Table 1

Viability of dendritic cells incubated with Ouabain during activation with TNF-α.

CtrlOuabain
100 nM
Ouabain
1 nM
Ouabain
10 pM

DCs0.719 ± 0.1180.729 ± 0.1550.738 ± 0.1590.764 ± 0.196
DCs + TNF-α0.852 ± 0.1840.797 ± 0.1500.820 ± 0.1660.801 ± 0.222

Cells were incubated with medium alone or with 50 ng/mL TNF-α for 48 h in the presence or absence of 100 nM, 1 nM, or 10 pM Oua. The viability was analyzed by MTT assay, where values refer to the means ± SD of 3 independent experiments.