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. 2010 Sep 22;140(11):2020–2027. doi: 10.3945/jn.110.129197

TABLE 2.

Total cell counts and thymocyte subpopulations in GCN2+/+ and GCN2#x2212/#x2212 mice administered ASNase at 3 IU/g body weight or equivolume PBS for 6 d1

GCN2+/+
GCN2−/−
P-value
PBS ASNase PBS ASNase Genotype ASNase G × A
cells x 106
Total 78.28 ± 9.49a 41.23 ± 8.29*b 69.68 ± 11.60 #a 2.36 ± 0.66#*c <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
CD4-CD8- 1.53 ± 0.20a 1.50 ± 0.17*a 1.32 ± 0.20#a 0.25 ± 0.04#*b <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
CD4+CD8+ 66.31 ± 8.72a 33.18 ± 7.46*b 57.66 ± 7.74#a 0.10 ± 0.05#*c <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
CD4+CD8- 8.08 ± 0.75a 5.05 ± 0.65*b 8.21 ± 1.86#a 1.49 ± 0.45#*c <0.001 0.003 0.007
CD4-CD8+ 2.47 ± 0.51a 1.50 ± 0.14*b 2.49 ± 0.65#a 0.48 ± 0.14#*c <0.001 0.005 0.006
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Data are means ± SEM, = 6. #Different from corresponding GCN2+/+, P < 0.05; *different from corresponding PBS, P < 0.05. When the genotype × ASNase interaction was significant, labeled means without a common letter differ, P < 0.05.