Table 3.
Six days proliferative response to live- and hk-PROM after depletion of cell subsets
| D6 | D7 | D10 | D15 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Background (RPMI) proliferative response | ||||
| Control | 697 ± 160 | 1030 ± 246 | 2711 ± 2151 | 559 ± 27 |
| minus PAC | 759 ± 231 | nd | nd | 508 ± 61 |
| minus IC | 2705 ± 1313 | 792 ± 48 | 1335 ± 475 | 435 ± 33 |
| minus CD56 | 636 ± 48 | 1037 ± 35 | 1697 ± 1156 | 441 ± 36 |
| minus CD4 | 305 ± 6 | 473 ± 1 | 806 ± 195 | 253 ± 29 |
| minus CD8 | 648 ± 62 | 1133 ± 123 | 1311 ± 360 | 487 ± 69 |
| live-PROM induced proliferative response | ||||
| Control | 3145 ± 1221 | 1137 ± 125 | 2102 ± 184 | 8088 ± 1158 |
| minus PAC | 1888 ± 107 | nd | nd | 1745 ± 33 |
| minus IC | 2920 ± 260 | 1015 ± 30 | 1648 ± 1229 | 2123 ± 627 |
| minus CD56 | 2967 ± 904 | 1025 ± 47 | 1533 ± 143 | 1734 ± 185 |
| minus CD4 | 570 ± 124 | 824 ± 23 | 2521 ± 88 | 308 ± 8 |
| minus CD8 | 4098 ± 1454 | 1204 ± 181 | 1779 ± 96 | 3646 ± 348 |
| hk-PROM induced proliferative response | ||||
| Control | 23963 ± 2199 | 1444 ± 82 | 14300 ± 373 | 30530 ± 734 |
| minus PAC | 23577 ± 2707 | nd | nd | 15544 ± 3501 |
| minus IC | 21801 ± 1803 | 960 ± 93 | 16827 ± 2408 | 23022 ± 3762 |
| minus CD56 | 22614 ± 1699 | 1018 ± 325 | 8197 ± 2210 | 15096 ± 2496 |
| minus CD4 | 326 ± 52 | 552 ± 3 | 669 ± 42 | 386 ± 137 |
| minus CD8 | 26049 ± 2208 | 1204 ± 181 | 13479 ± 1207 | 20445 ± 702 |
The Table shows incorporation of 3H-thymidine as counts per minute (CPM), mean of duplicates or triplicates ± SD for individual donors/200 000 PBMC. nd, not done; minus indicates depletion. IC, isotype control, PAC, plastic adherent cells