Table III.

Persistence of Bim-deficient HEL-binding B Cells in the Presence of Soluble Self-antigen

Donora	Recipientb	Cellularityc	IgDa+	IgDa+ d	HEL bindingd
	(n)	106	% of organ	106	106
Tg+ bim+/+	Control (3)	29.3 ± 9.5	55.9 ± 2.3	16.4 ± 5.6	15.0 ± 4.7
	sHEL+ (3)	8.1 ± 3.1	17.3 ± 7.5	1.4 ± 0.9e	1.2 ± 0.9f
Tg+ bim−/−	Control (3)	51.5 ± 17.3	51.8 ± 12.3	26.7 ± 14.6	23.3 ± 14.7
	sHEL+ (3)	86.7 ± 54.3	29.3 ± 11.4	25.4 ± 13.8e	20.2 ± 13.9f

^aGenotype of bone marrow donor used in original reconstitution.

^bRecipients were either C57Bl/6 (control) or C57Bl/6 sHEL transgene positive.

^cCellularity is as defined in Table I.

^dIgDa and HEL-binding counts are as determined for Table I.

^eP < 0.05.

^fP = 0.07.