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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Reprod Immunol. 2011 Jan 12;65(3):242–247. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2010.00966.x

Table 1.

Frequency of SIV-specific CD8+ T cells in blood, lymphoid and mucosal tissues of SIV-infected rhesus macaques.

% Tetramer+ cells*:
Macaque Blood Vagina Cervix Lymph node Spleen Jejunum Colon
97D248 0.4 6.4 13.2 2.7 NT NT NT
297.98 0.1 1.6 3.0 0.6 NT NT NT
226.88 0.1 0.3 NT 0.5 0.6 0.5*** 0.2**
214.87 0.5 3.4 2.0 4.9 5.6 6.7** 5.1**
252.90 0.1 1.8 2.1 1.5 NT 1.8 2.0
541.99 4.5 13 16 5.3 9 14 12
430.93 0.6 4.0 2.2 1.7 NT 2.3*** 2.9***
*

Percentage of Mamu A*01/SIV Gag181–189 tetramer-binding cells after gating on CD3+CD8+ cells.

**

Lamina propria lymphocytes (LPL) isolated from jejunum and colon with type II collagenase after removal of intraepithelial lymphocytes (IEL) using EDTA.

***

Mixed population of IEL and LPL isolated from the jejunum using type II collagenase alone.