Figure 1. AEA ameliorates mBSA-Induced delayed hypersensitivity.
Mice were sensitized to mBSA by giving an injection of 150 μg of mBSA emulsified into CFA into each hind flank. They were treated with AEA or vehicle on days 5 and 6 after sensitization and rechallenged with 200 μg mBSA into the right footpad and PBS in the left footpad. [A] The footpad swelling was measured as described in Methods. Graph representative of 3 independent experiments with n = 5. *p<0.05 compared to Veh. [B] Cells were harvested from draining lymph nodes [LN] and viable cells counted using trypan blue exclusion. Cell numbers are representative of 2 independent experiments with n = 5. #p<0.05 compared to naïve. **p<0.05 when compared to vehicle. [C] Cells from the LN were cultured for 4 hours in the presence of PMA, Ionomycin, and Golgi Plug and stained for IL-17 secreting cells. Graph is representative of 3 independent experiments with n = 3. # p<0.05 compared to naïve; *p<0.05 compared to vehicle.