Figure 5From: Apoptosis of resident and inflammatory macrophages before and during the inflammatory response of the virgin bovine mammary glandProportion of apoptotic macrophages in vitro. Relative proportion of apoptotic cells in population of non-vacuolized (a) and vacuolized macrophages (b) obtained before and 24 h after intramammary instillation of PBS or LPS during in vitro cultivation (mean ± S.D.). Significant between-treatment differences are marked with asterisks (*P < 0.05).Back to article page