Figure 1

Immunofluorescent images of HepG2 cells infected with C. trachomatis in presence of mevastatin. HepG2 cells were set up, grown and infected with C. trachomatis in presence or absence of mevastatin as described in Methods. Immunofluorescence analysis was performed 48 hours after inoculation of the pathogen. A - non-infected cells; B -- infected cells with no mevastatin; C -- infected cells in presence of 1 μM mevastatin: D -- infected cells in presence of 20 μM mevastatin; E -- infected cells in presence of 40 μM mevastatin. Scale bar = 10 μm.