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Fig. 7 | BMC Infectious Diseases

Fig. 7

From: Pre-treatment with IL2 gene therapy alleviates Staphylococcus aureus arthritis in mice

Fig. 7

Treatment with rhIL2 in S. aureus arthritis. a, Experimental set-up. Frequency of CD25+FoxP3+ of CD4+ lymphocytes in b, spleen and c, blood at day 10 after bacterial inoculation. The frequencies of d, NK, e, NKT and f, B cells in blood 10 days after bacterial inoculation in mice after treatment with rhIL2. g, Weight loss. h, Bacterial clearance in the kidneys. i, Clinical severity of arthritis. In panels b, c and e, data are shown as median, whiskers = min to max. In panels d and f, bars show the mean ± standard error of the mean (SEM). Statistical calculations were made using the Mann-Whitney U-test, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.01

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