BCG and BCG/DNAhsp65 Vaccinations Promote Protective Effects without Deleterious Consequences for Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis
Figure 3
Effect of tuberculosis vaccines in spinal cord inflammation associated with EAE. Female Lewis rats were immunized with BCG alone or with BCG followed by pVAXhsp65 boosters and then underwent EAE induction by inoculation of MBP emulsified with CFA. Animals were euthanized during the recovery phase (20th day after MBP injection) and the lumbar spinal cord was removed and further stained by haematoxylin and eosin. Normal control (a), EAE control (b), rats immunized with BCG before EAE (c), and rats immunized with BCG/pVAXhsp65 before EAE induction (d).
