Expression of Rab GTPase genes on primary macrophages after infection with P. berghei.

Columns represent the relative quantification of the mRNA levels of each Rab GTPase, analyzed by real-time quantitative PCR, after reverse transcription of total mRNA and normalized against GAPDH gene expression levels. Error bars indicate the standard error of the mean of 5 independent experiments. Statistical significance (*p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001) refers to the difference between macrophages incubated with infected red blood cells (Pb) or with heat-killed parasites (Pb HK) and macrophages incubated with uninfected red blood cells (RBC).