Journal: Vaccines
Article Title: Effect of Different Adjuvants on the Immunogenicity of a Recombinant Herpes Zoster Vaccine in Mice, Rats and Non-Human Primates
doi: 10.3390/vaccines13111124
Figure Lengend Snippet: The levels of humoral and cellular immune responses induced in mice by different adjuvants. The data in the figure are presented as the mean and standard deviation (SD). ( A , B ) The specific IgG titers of VZV-gE antigen in the serum of mice 28 days after the second immunization were detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. ( A ) shows the single adjuvant combination group; ( B ) shows the composite adjuvant combination group. ***: p < 0.001, **/##: p < 0.01, */#: p < 0.05 indicates statistical differences between the two groups, ‘*’ indicates statistical differences between the experimental group and the negative group, ‘#’ indicates statistical differences between the experimental group and the positive group. ( C , D ) After peptide library stimulation, the levels of IFN-γ, TNF-α, and IL-2 cytokines produced by spleen cells of mice 28 days after the second immunization were detected by flow cytometry. ( C ) shows the single adjuvant group; ( D ) shows the composite adjuvant group. ###/bbb: p < 0.001, **/##/bb: p < 0.01, */#/a/b: p < 0.05 indicate statistical differences between the experimental group and the positive group, ‘*’ indicates statistical differences between the experimental group and the positive group of cytokines IFN-γ, ‘#’ indicates TNF-α, ‘a’ indicates IL-2, ‘b’ indicates the total number of cytokines. ( E – G ) The levels of gE-specific cytokines obtained by spleen cells of mice were detected by ELISpot. ( E ) shows the single adjuvant group, ( F ) shows the composite adjuvant group, and ( G ) shows the PBS control group, the positive stimulation group, the C2 group, and C8 group. ***/###: p < 0.001, **: p < 0.01, *: p < 0.05 indicate statistical differences between the experimental group and the positive group, ‘*’ indicates statistical differences between the experimental group and the positive group of cytokines IFN-γ, and ‘a’ indicates the total number of cytokines.
Article Snippet: Splenocytes (2 × 10 5 cells/well) of immunized mice were seeded in 96-well plates for further analysis with enzyme-linked immunospot (ELISpot) assay kits (MabTech, Stockholm, Sweden, catalog number 3441-4APW-10 for IL-2 and 3321-4AST-10 for IFN-γ) according to the manufacturer’s protocol [ ].
Techniques: Standard Deviation, Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay, Adjuvant, Produced, Flow Cytometry, Enzyme-linked Immunospot, Control