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Fig. 5 | Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology

Fig. 5

From: Perinatal antibiotic exposure alters composition of murine gut microbiota and may influence later responses to peanut antigen

Fig. 5

Mean circulating IgE levels in vehicle (Veh) treated controls, as well as in mice reared for 6 weeks on the antibiotic vancomycin (AB). Priming with TNF-α and peanut butter (PB) on Day 43 followed by later challenge PB again on Day 57 increased IgE levels. However, the rise only reached significance in those animals that had been pre-treated with the antibiotic, relative to controls (p < 0.05)

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