Fig. 2

Ureaplasma-induced cell death. Using flow-cytometry and a viability dye labelling dead cells, numbers of non-viable HBMEC were determined for different conditions. a Shows the percentage of dead cells upon 24 and 48 h stimulation with Ureaplasma and LPS, whereas dot plots for one representative experiment (24 h stimulation) are given in b-f. Data are presented as means ± SD (*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01 vs. unstimulated control; °p < 0.05 vs. broth; ^#p < 0.05, ^##p < 0.01 vs. LPS)