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. 2005 Feb;114(2):225–234. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2567.2004.02074.x

Table 1. The effect of treatment with lymphotoxin β-receptor immunoglobulin (LTβR-Ig) on the early accumulation of PrPSc in the inguinal lymph nodes and spleens of scrapie-inoculated mice*.

hu-Ig LTβR-Ig


Day of treatment Right ILN Left ILN§ Spleen Right ILN Left ILN Spleen
14 ++ +/−
42 +++ + + +/− +/−
*

Mice were given a single intraperitoneal (i.p.) injection (100 µg) of LT β R-Ig or polyclonal human immunoglobulin G (hu-Ig), as a control, on the days indicated after inoculation with scrapie via skin scarification of the right thigh.

Tissues were taken 3 days after treatment, and the number of PrPSc-containing lymphoid follicles in inguinal lymph nodes (ILNs) and spleen from two mice was scored as follows: +++, ≥ 4 positive follicles; ++, 2–3 positive follicles; +, 1 positive follicle; +/−, 1 positive follicle in only one of the samples; −, no PrPSc detected.

Inguinal lymph node draining the site of inoculation.

§

Non-draining inguinal lymph node.