<i>L. vaginalis</i> Induces a Greater Immune Response than Other Vaginal Lactobacilli.

<p>Confluent monolayers of reproductive epithelia were inoculated with commensal lactobacilli or BVAB, and after 24 hr conditioned media was analyzed for IL-6, IL-8 and hBD2 protein. BVAB are filled black bars, <i>L. vaginalis</i> is hatched, and all other lactobacilli are white bars. MOI are the same as in <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0050106#pone-0050106-g005" target="_blank">Figure 5</a>. Protein is shown as fold expression compared to a mock-treated condition, and one, two, or three asterisks indicate values that are significantly (p<0.05, p<0.01, or p<0.001, respectively) different from the <i>L. vaginalis</i>-treated condition.