Figure 7.
Th2-dependent cytokine production induced by SARS-CoV-2 S-2P adjuvanted with CpG 1018, aluminum hydroxide, or CpG 1018/aluminum hydroxide in mice. The antisera of BALB/c mice (N = 6 per group) were collected at 2 weeks after the second injection, the splenocytes were harvested and stimulated as in Fig. 6. After 20 h incubation, the levels of IL-4 (left), IL-5 (middle), and IL-6 (right) released from the splenocytes were analyzed. For detection of cytokines, the culture supernatant was harvested to analyze the levels of cytokines by ELISA.