Figure 2.

OD readings of mice serum cytokines after completion of the 4-week treatment. n = 8, ^*p < 0.001.

IL, interleukin; INT-γ, interferon gamma; LD, mice intradermally infected with 10⁴ spirochetes/mouse and not fed with plant-based diet; LD + T, mice infected intradermally with 10⁴ spirochetes/mouse and fed for 4 weeks with plant-based diet; OD, optical density; TNF-α, tumor necrosis factor alpha; WT, mice not infected and not fed with plant-based diet; WT + T, mice not infected and fed for 4 weeks with plant-based diet.