Figure 1From: Impaired macrophage phagocytosis of bacteria in severe asthmaPhagocytosis of fluorescently-labelled beads (Panel A), H. influenzae (Panel B) or S. aureus (Panel C) by monocyte-derived macrophages (MDM). MDM were obtained from normal subjects (●, n = 14) and patients with non-severe asthma (NSA; ■, n = 14) or severe asthma (SA; ▲, n = 14). Phagocytosis was reported as relative fluorescence unit (RFU). Data are presented as dot plots and medians. A Kruskal-Wallis test followed by Dunnett's post-hoc test was used for multi-group comparisons, where *p < 0.05 and **p < 0.01.Back to article page