Fig. 9

Analysis of the plasma cytokine profile in uninfected mice. Mean and SD of cytokine blood samples from mice that were only bled (a) or submitted to AWB (b) and SAL (c) injection. The samples were collected at endpoints of 2, 24, 48, 72 and 168 h after treatment (single administration - Scheme 2). * ANOVA = p ≤ 0.05 (n = 2–3) between bleeding/treated animals