Fig. 2.

Antibiotic treatment does not affect ongoing CNS autoimmune disease. a Bodyweight change in percent compared to the initial weight of EAE-affected OSE mice treated with antibiotics. n = 10 per group. b Mean cumulative score of EAE-affected OSE mice treated with antibiotics. n = 10 per group. c Mean clinical score of sick OSE mice treated with antibiotics. n = 10 per group. Quantification of the inflammatory score (d), demyelination score (e) of spinal cord, and demyelination score (f) of the optic nerve after 2 weeks of antibiotic treatment. n = 10 per group. g Mean clinical score of EAE-affected RR SJL/J mice treated with antibiotics. n = 6 per group