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. 2004 Jul;165(1):147–157. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9440(10)63283-x

Figure 6.

Figure 6

Alloantigen-primed T cells are not detectable in heart allograft recipients by MLR or ELISPOT assays until day 3 to 5 post-transplant. Allogeneic-specific T cell priming (A/J stimulators) is first detected at day 3 following transplant by 3-day MLR assay (a) and day 5 by overnight IFN-γ ELISPOT assay (b). In each case, self-reactivity (C57BL/6 stimulators) and reactivity to a third party (SJL stimulators) remained at background levels. In either case, T cell priming is detected long after the early inflammatory difference is observed.