TABLE 2.

B-cell and CD4-cell activation and proliferation in response to various stimuli^a

Comparison	P valueb
	B-cell activation	B-cell proliferation	T-cell activation	T-cell proliferation
α-δ-Dex stimulation vs unstimulated group	0.0001	0.0001	NS	NS
CD3	ND	ND	0.0023	0.0002
CD3/CD28 vs unstimulated group	0.0001	0.0002	0.0002	0.0001
CD3/CD28 vs CD3	ND	ND	0.0107	0.0001
CD3/CD28/α-δ-dex vs CD3/CD28	0.0001	0.0001	ND	ND

^aCombinations of control and patient samples are shown for simplicity. Both patient and control cells responded to all stimuli. All comparisons were done by the Wilcoxon signed rank test for nonparametric paired data.

^bND, not determined; NS, not significant.