Journal: Toxins
Article Title: Fusarium Mycotoxins Disrupt the Barrier and Induce IL-6 Release in a Human Placental Epithelium Cell Line
doi: 10.3390/toxins11110665
Figure Lengend Snippet: Effects of mycotoxin exposure on IL-6 mRNA expression and IL-6 secretion in BeWo cells. BeWo cells were incubated for 24 h with increasing concentrations of deoxynivalenol (DON), zearalenone (ZEN), and T-2 toxin and the IL-6 mRNA expression ( A ) and secretion ( B ) were measured. Data are expressed as the mean ± SEM of three independent experiments, each performed in triplicate. Different lowercase letters denote significant differences among groups ( p < 0.05).
Article Snippet: The human placenta choriocarcinoma (BeWo) cell line was obtained from the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC-CCL-98, Rockville, MD, USA; passages 11–45) and was cultured in culture flasks (Falcon, VWR International, Strasbourg, France) in F-12K medium (Kaighn’s modification of Ham’s F-12 medium; Gibco, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Wilmington, DE, USA), supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum (Perbio Science, Brebières, France), and 1% penicillin (100 U/ml) and streptomycin (100 μg/ml) mixture.
Techniques: Expressing, Incubation