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FIGURE 3: Activation of NF-κB in hGECs infected with C. pneumoniae. hGECs were infected with C. pneumoniae at a MOI of 5 for three days and immunocytochemistry performed using a NF-κB/p65 monoclonal antibody (red). hGEC cell nuclei were counterstained with Hoechst (blue).