Table I.
Study Design
| Groups | Treatment/ genotype | Start of treat- ment | Challenge | Termina- tion of experi- ment | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| d | h | |||||||
| Experiment I | ||||||||
| 1 | IgG | −2 | SAL ×2 | 8 | ||||
| 2 | mAb NK1.1 | −2 | SAL ×2 | 8 | ||||
| 3 | IgG | −2 | OVA ×2 | 8 | ||||
| 4 | mAb NK1.1 | −2 | OVA ×2 | 8 | ||||
| 5 | IgG | −2 | SAL ×7 | 8 | ||||
| 6 | mAb NK1.1 | −2 | SAL ×7 | 8 | ||||
| 7 | IgG | −2 | OVA ×7 | 8 | ||||
| 8 | mAb NK1.1 | −2 | OVA ×7 | 8 | ||||
| Experiment II | ||||||||
| 9 | IgG | −2 | OVA ×7 | 8 | ||||
| 10 | mAb NK1.1 | −2 | OVA ×7 | 8 | ||||
| 11 | mAb NK1.1 | −7 | OVA ×7 | 8 | ||||
| 12 | IgG | 13 | OVA ×7 | 8 | ||||
| 13 | mAb NK1.1 | 13 | OVA ×7 | 8 | ||||
| 14 | IgG | −2 | OVA ×7 | 30 | ||||
| 15 | mAb NK1.1 | −2 | OVA ×7 | 30 | ||||
| Experiment III | ||||||||
| 16 | Wild-type (CD1+/+) | – | OVA ×7 | 8 | ||||
| 17 | CD1d1 mutant (CD1−/−) | – | OVA ×7 | 8 | ||||
| Experiment IV | ||||||||
| 18 | Wild-type | – | SAL ×7 | 24 | ||||
| 19 | Wild-type | – | OVA ×7 | 24 | ||||
| 20 | γ/δ T cell– deficient | – | OVA ×7 | 24 |
Four independent experiments were performed and are shown separately. All mice were immunized with OVA on day 0.