TABLE 1. Spinal cord and brain pathology in TMEV-infected mice at 40 and 180 dpi.
Data are expressed as the percentage of spinal cord quadrants showing the pathological abnormality (mean ± standard error).
Group | No. of Mice |
Meningeal Inflammation |
White Matter Pathology |
Total brain Pathology |
---|---|---|---|---|
40d | ||||
None | 10 | 19.8 ± 2.4 | 15.1 ± 1.8 | 1.13 ± 0.2 |
CFA | 10 | 21.9 ± 3.1 | 14.7 ± 2.5 | 1.14 ± 0.1 |
OVA | 9 | 24.1 ± 4.3 | 17.6 ± 3.9 | 1.13 ± 0.2 |
Klk6 | 16 | 9.8 ± 1.4* | 6.5 ± 0.9** | 0.55 ± 0.1* |
180d | ||||
None | 13 | 55.9 ± 10.3 | 50.9 ± 8.1 | 1.13 ± 0.1 |
OVA | 12 | 55.9 ± 7.3 | 45.9 ± 6.9 | 1.10 ± 0.1 |
Klk6 | 12 | 56.3 ± 4.1 | 46.9 ± 4.1 | 0.97 ± 0.1 |
Significantly lower pathology scores in mice with Klk6-neutralizing antibodies were observed relative to immunization control groups at 40d but not at 180d post-TMEV infection
ANOVA P≤0.006, SNK P<0.05;
ANOVA on ranks P=0.002, Dunn’s P<0.05.