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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Placenta. 2010 Aug 2;31(9):796–802. doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2010.06.019

Table 3.

Correlation of FOXP3 and CTLA4 co-expression in individual tissues

Early Pregnancy
Tissue No. (FIV neg) FOXP3 CTLA4 Tissue No. (FIV pos) FOXP3 CTLA4
6108 A 6062 A
6108 B 6062 B
7284 A 5111 A
7284 B 5111 B
8059 A 5111 C (NV)
8059 B 0866 A
2779 A 0866 B
2779 B 1126 A
2779 E (NV) 1126 B
3550 A 0326 A
3550 C 8035 A
9276 A 8035 B (NV)
9276 B 8035 C (NV)
9276 F (NV) 8035 D (NV)
8291 A 1893 A
8291 B 1893 B
0373 A 1893 C (NV)
0373 B

Both markers decreased: 6/18 (33%) Both markers decreased: 11/17 (65%)
Both markers increased: 4/18 (22%) Both markers increased: 0/17 (0%)
No correlation: 8/18 (44%) No correlation: 6/17 (35%)
Chi2= 1.333; P= 0.513 Chi2= 10.727; P= 0.005

Late Pregnancy

Tissue No. (FIV neg) FOXP3 CTLA4 Tissue No. (FIV pos) FOXP3 CTLA4

9522 A 9674 A
9522 B 9730 B
9581 A 9745 B
9581 B 9745 A (NV)
9746 A 9745 C (NV)
9746 B 9745 E (NV)
9801 A 9745 F (NV)
9801 B 9806 C
13634 A 9809 A
13668 A 9810 A
13668 B 9813 A
13671 A 13226 A (NV)
13671 B 13226 B (NV)
13226 C (NV)
13226 D (NV)
13226 E (NV)

Both markers decreased: 2/13 (15%) Both markers decreased: 1/16 (6%)
Both markers increased: 3/13 (22%) Both markers increased: 7/16 (44%)
No correlation: 8/13 (62%) No correlation: 8/16 (50%)
Chi2=4.749; P =0.093 Chi2=5.366; P= 0.068

Tissue numbers = queen number followed by alphabetical designation of fetus (NV) = non-viable fetus

Increased (↑) or decreased (↓) expression is relative to mean Ct values for tissue expression of each marker obtained from control (FIV neg) cats.