Figure 5.

CLP-treated Trail^−/− BALB/c mice are able to control a secondary LM-OVA infection to the same degree as sham-treated mice. Sham or CLP-treated WT, Trail^−/− and Dr5^−/− BALB/c mice were infected with 10⁷ CFU attenuated LM-OVA 2 d post-surgery. A. Total CD8 T cell numbers in the spleen were determined 2 d post-surgery. *p < 0.05 (Student’s t-test). B. The bacterial titer in the spleen was then determined on d 3 post-infection. The dotted line represents the limit of detection (l.o.d.).