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Depletion
of CD4+ CD25+ regulatory T cells has no effect on vaccine efficacy.
1 x 105 TC-1 tumor cells were implanted s.c. at day
0 in six- to eight-week-old E6/E7 transgenic mice. For experimental
groups, mice were depleted of regulatory T cells using i.p. injections
of 0.5 mg of PC61 anti-CD25 mAb on days 4 and 6, which was then
followed either by i.p. immunization with 1 x 108 LM-LLO-E7
or the mice were left naive. In control groups, when palpable
tumors formed seven days later, mice were i.p. immunized with
1 x 108 LM-LLO-E7 or left naive. Mice were boosted
with the same vaccine on day 14. Tumors were measured in two dimensions
using a caliper, and the average of those values was plotted against
days post tumor implantation for each mouse. Depicted is one of
2 experiments. |