Fig. 1.
Effects of colitis in mice on recognition of male or female L4 H. polygyrus molecules by IgG1, IgA and IgE antibodies in small intestine (A) or in serum (B). Level of antibodies IgG1, IgA and IgE in small intestine and in serum of mice with induced DSS-colitis or without 6 days after infection with H. polygyrus against male or female L4 as measured by ELISA. HP Male, antigen of male L4 H. polygyrus from control mice; HP Female, antigen of female L4 from control mice; HP Col Male, antigen of male L4 from DSS-treated mice; HP Col Female, antigen of female L4 from DSS-treated mice. The results were expressed as the mean absorbance (OD) ± s.e. of five mice. *P < 0.05; **P < 0.005; ***P < 0.0005 compared between groups as highlighted with a line.