Figure 1.
Protein-based or cell-based assays to evaluate mouse hTLR2-specific IgG responses after immunization. Sera from 3 TLR2−/− BL6 mice and 4 WT BL6 mice were harvested 7 days after the 5th boost. Serial 2-fold dilutions were assayed for binding against recombinant hTLR2 protein by ELISA (top) or against hTLR2-HEK cells by flow-cytometry (bottom). Both assays utilized labeled anti-mouse IgG as a secondary Ab to detected hTLR2-specific IgG binding. In the cell-based assay, hTLR2-specific binding was measured as the difference in MFI between hTLR2-HEK and control WT-HEK staining. Serum from non-immunized mice was used as a negative control (naïve).