Table 2.
Characteristics of NALT and PP populations
| Epitope and day | NALT
|
PP
|
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| % Tetramer+ | % CD69Hi | % Tetramer+ | %CD69Hi | |
| DbNP366+ | ||||
| 0 | 4.1 | — | 4.0 | — |
| 10 | 48.5 | 69.5 | 4.3 | 32.3 |
| 20 | 51.0 | 85.0 | 3.0 | 25.5 |
| 31 | 59.4 | 75.0 | 4.0 | 35.4 |
| 52 | 31.0 | 74.5 | 8.2 | 96.5 |
| DbPA224+ | ||||
| 0 | 1.4 | — | 1.7 | — |
| 10 | 2.4 | 79.2 | 2.2 | 38.1 |
| 20 | 2.5 | 94.0 | 2.8 | 40.0 |
| 31 | 2.8 | 90.6 | 1.3 | 47.4 |
| 52 | 4.6 | 98.9 | 3.1 | 74.6 |
The data are derived from NALT and PP populations pooled from groups of five mice. The total numbers of epitope-specific CD8+ T cells recovered from both sites combined did not exceed 3 × 103 at any time point.