Figure 1. The induction of antibody production by the Ang II vaccine.
(a) The protocols to investigate the antibody production induced by the Ang II vaccine and the effect of the treatment with the Ang II vaccine. (b) The serum anti-Ang II antibody titer. Sham + vehicle, n = 9; Sham + KLH, n = 5; Sham + Ang II vaccine, n = 5; MI + KLH, n = 11; MI + Ang II vaccine, n = 14. *p < 0.05 vs. Sham + KLH; #p < 0.05 vs. MI + KLH. Tukey–Kramer post hoc test. ND, not detected. (c) The serum anti-Ang II antibody titer in the MI + Ang II vaccine (post-MI) group. MI + KLH, n = 11; MI + Ang II vaccine (post-MI), n = 10. *p < 0.05 by the Student’s t-test. ND, not detected. (d) Comparison of the reactivity of commercial anti-Ang II monoclonal antibody and immunized serum derived from Ang II vaccine-injected rats.