Figure 2.

Dexamethasone suppresses RNA-LPX vaccine induced release of immune-response promoting cytokines. (a), Serum cytokine levels were analyzed in the serum of BALB/c mice (upper panel, n = 7 for control, n = 6 for groups treated as described in Figure 1(a)) and of C57BL/6 mice (lower panel, n = 5, treated as described in Figure 1(b)) 6 h post first vaccination. Mean (line) and individual values (symbols) are shown. The dotted line represents the mean of the control group. (b), Comparison of mean serum cytokine levels 6 h after the first and the second gp70 vaccination in BALB/c (n = 7 for control, n = 6 for treated groups, treated as described in Figure 1(a)).