Figure 5From: Differential in vitro inhibitory activity against HIV-1 of alpha-(1-3)- and alpha-(1-6)-D-mannose specific plant lectins : Implication for microbicide developmentAbility of plant lectins to inhibit transfer of HIV-1Ba-L free particles by dendritic cells to autologous T lymphocytes. Dendritic cells (MDDC) were incubated with non-toxic concentrations of each plant lectin and 0.5 ng p24 antigen of virus were added for 3 h. The HIV-production by T cells was evaluated on the 6th day of co-culture by measurement of p24 antigen by ELISA. Means of three independent experiments are presented; error bars represent standard deviations. *< 0.05, **< 0.01.Back to article page