Fig 7. Evaluation of cellular immunity in mice vaccinated with purified RBD.
Mice were immunized with 20 and 50 μg of RBD using two different adjuvants (A1 and A3) at 0, 15 and 30 days post immunization. On day 45 post-immunization mice were euthanized and spleens were processed. (A) Percentage of CD4 and CD8 positive cells by flow cytometry, between the groups immunized (n = 3, except the adjuvant control). (B) IFN-γ ELISPOT of splenocytes between the groups immunized (n = 3, except the adjuvant control). (C) Intracellular staining of Th1 cytokines (IFN-γ, TNF-α and IL-2) of splenocytes stimulated with RBD (n = 3, except the adjuvant control). ns: not significant (P>0.05), *: P<0.05.