Figure 2.

Mice were exposed to spinal cord trauma and treated i.p. with IL‐19 (5 and 10 ng·g⁻¹ day⁻¹) or vehicle (A). Mice were randomly divided into three groups as follows: (i) SCI mice treated with vehicle; (ii) SCI mice treated with IL‐19 (10 ng·g⁻¹ ·day⁻¹, i.p.); and (iii) SCI mice treated with IL‐19 (10 ng·g⁻¹ ·day⁻¹, i.p.) and IL‐19 blocking antibody (10 mg·kg⁻¹·day⁻¹, s.c.) (B). The time courses of locomotor recovery evaluated by the 9‐point BMS scoring after SCI are shown. Data shown are the means ± SD. n = 7 in each group; *P < 0.05, significantly different from the vehicle‐treated group; #P < 0.05, significantly different from the IL‐19‐treated group.