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. 2002 May 7;4(4):R2. doi: 10.1186/ar421

Table 1.

Delayed-type hypersensitivity responses of naïve and Mycobacterium tuberculosis/incomplete Freund's adjuvant(IFA)-immunized rats

Ear swelling (mm/100) ± SEMa

M. tuberculosis/IFA-immunized M. tuberculosis/IFA-immunized
Tested peptide Naïve (n = 3) day 20 (n = 5) day 27 (n = 3–4)
OVA323–339 3.3 ± 1.3 3.4 ± 2.4 ND
MMP-3444–458 3.3 ± 4.6 30.0 ± 1.3***,† 14.0 ± 1.7*,‡
MMP-10329–343 3 ± 1.5 17.2 ± 3.6**,† 12.0 ± 2.3*
MMP-16539–553 -0.7 ± 0.9 11.4 ± 1.6**,† 16.3 ± 3.2*

MMP, matrix metalloproteinase; OVA323–339, ovalbumin peptide. a Mean ± standard error of the mean (SEM) difference in ear swelling between the PBS-treated ear and the peptide-treated ear. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001 difference between PBS-treated ear and the peptide-treated ear (Student's t test); P < 0.05 difference between the M. tuberculosis/IFA-immunized group and the naïve group (Mann–Whitney test); P < 0.05 difference between the M. tuberculosis/IFA-immunized group at day 20 and at day 27 (Mann–Whitney test). ND, not determined.