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. 2017 Apr 19;8(8):1683–1694. doi: 10.1080/21505594.2017.1307485

Figure 2.

Figure 2.

Decreased proinflammatory pulmonary and systemic cytokine levels in rapid DNA tattoo-vaccinated mice during experimental intranasal melioidosis. Mice were given rapid tattoo vaccination at t = 0, 3 and 6 days followed by intranasal bacterial challenge (200 CFU B. pseudomallei) on day 21. Mice were sacrificed 72 hours after intranasal B. pseudomallei challenge and heparinized blood plasma and lung homogenates were obtained. TNFα (A), IL-6 (B) and CXCL1 (C) were measured in lung homogenate; TNFα (D), IL-6 (E) and IFNγ (F) were measured in plasma. Values are in pg/mL; data are presented as box- and whisker plots showing the smallest observation, lower quartile, median, upper quartile and largest observation. N = 8 mice per group. Vaccinated groups were compared to the control group (empty pVAX) using a Mann Whitney test. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.