Figure 6.

Role of interleukin-17 monoclonal antibody (IL-17 mAb) in soluble egg antigen (SEA) -specific IgG and IgE production. SEA-specific IgG and IgE antibodies in serum from normal, infected and anti-IL-17 mAb treated mice were detected by ELISA. All the samples were collected from 6-week-infected mice. The sera were serially diluted (1 : 10 or 1 : 100 for IgE; 1 : 1000, 1 : 10 000, or 1 :100 000 for IgG). IgG and IgE levels are expressed as the A₄₅₀ values of the individual sera (*P < 0·05, **P < 0·01, the error bars indicate SD).