TABLE 4.
Influenza-induced NK cell cytotoxicity in the lungs and spleens of AL and ER mice at baseline and during influenza infection1
d 0 | d 1 | d 2 | d 3 | ||||
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Lung | % cytotoxicity | ||||||
AL | 2.46 ± 1.75a | 12.71 ± 5.17b** | 2.74 ± 0.39a | 2.98 ± 0.20a | |||
ER | 0.26 ± 0.22 | 0.75 ± 0.31 | 2.07 ± 0.31 | 0.39 ± 0.13 | |||
Spleen | |||||||
AL | 2.48 ± 0.48a | 2.69 ± 1.13a | 6.22 ± 1.01b* | 4.18 ± 0.18ab | |||
ER | 1.17 ± 0.44 | 0.48 ± 0.26 | 1.78 ± 0.58 | 2.27 ± 0.60 |
Values are means ± SEM, n = 4. Means in a row with superscripts without a common letter differ, P < 0.05. Asterisks indicate difference between groups at that time: *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01.