Figure 3
Analysis of in vivo and ex vivo immune responses in CD25-depleted mice. (a) In vivo delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) response against methylated bovine serum albumin (mBSA) as a marker for cellular immune response was measured as the increase in ear thickness after intradermal antigen challenge on day 7 of antigen-induced arthritis (AIA). (b) Proliferation, measured as [3H]thymidine incorporation of unstimulated (unst) or mBSA-stimulated (mBSA) draining lymph node cells at day 14 of AIA. (c) Cytokine production was measured with ELISPOT. (d) Serum levels of IgG against mBSA, collagen type I, collagen type II and cartilage proteoglycans were measured using ELISA after 14 days of AIA. Proliferation, DTH reaction and serum IgG titres were tested in 10 animals per group; cytokine production was measured in six animals per group. Data are from one out of two similar experiments. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001, versus control.