Fig. 3.

Changes in auricular lymph node weight, and serum cytokine concentration. The auricular lymph nodes were harvested from the neck regions of the mice using a microscissor, after which they were taken picture (A) and weighed (B). Serum used to measure the cytokine concentration was prepared from blood samples collected from the abdominal veins of mice. Serum IgE (C), TNF-α (D) and IL-1β (E) concentration were quantified by ELISA. Whole blood used to measure the neutrophils (F). Data shown are the mean ± SEM (n=8). ^*p<0.05, ^#p<0.05.