Figure 3From: Intervertebral disc cells as competent phagocytes in vitro: implications for cell death in disc degenerationFrequency of beads ingested by cells. Bar charts present the percentage of cells that had ingested beads between 0 and 48 hours after the addition of latex beads for all three cell types investigated: (a) THP-1, (b) J774, and (c) nucleus pulposus cells. Bar indicates standard error (n = 4 cultures for each time point).Back to article page