Research Paper Volume 11, Issue 24 pp 11893—11904

Figure 3. The nucleic acid vaccine did not affect blood biochemical indexes and had a good safety profile in mice. (A–F) The plasma levels of ALT (A), AST (B), ALP (C), T-BIL (D), BUN (E) and CR (F) in mice were detected with an automatic biochemical analyzer. After the mice were sacrificed, samples of their hearts, brains, kidneys, spleens, lungs and livers were immediately collected and fixed with a 10% formaldehyde solution. (G) Tissues of mice in the blank, pVAX1-IRES (NC), pVAX1-IRES-GM-CSF-B7.1-HPV16 E6/E7 (HPV16), pVAX1-IRES-FLT3L (FLT3L) and pVAX1-IRES-GM-CSF-B7.1-HPV16 E6/E7-FLT3L (HPV16+FLT3L) groups were then dehydrated, paraffin-embedded, sliced (4-μm thick), stained with hematoxylin and eosin and observed with an optical microscope. Black arrow indicates a few inflammatory vacuoles in liver tissues, slight thickening of alveolar wall, shrinkage of alveolar cavity, infiltration of inflammatory cells in lung tissues and shrinkage of lymphoid follicles in spleen tissues