Figure 2.

Absence of CXCL2 and CXCL10 did not affect intraocular Bacillus growth. Intraocular B. cereus ATCC 14579 growth was not affected by absence of CXCL2 or CXCL10. Eyes of CXCL2 ^−/−, CXCL10 ^−/−, and C57BL/6J (C57) male and female mice were infected with 100 CFU B. cereus. Eyes were harvested at designated timepoints and B. cereus were quantified. No significant differences in B. cereus burden were observed among mouse strains (P ≥ 0.05) (A and C), and no difference was observed in intraocular bacterial burden between males and females (B and D). Values represent means ± SEM of n ≥ 6 eyes at each time point with at least 3 independent experiments. ^nsP ≥ 0.05.