Purified TEa cells (1×105/mouse) from each group were transplanted into lethally irradiated CB6F1 recipients along with 1×107 T-cell-depleted BM cells. Numbers of TEa cells were measured at day +7 by using flow cytometry. Cytokines were measured at day +3, +5, +7, and +10 by using luminex assay. (A) Representative histograms showing how TEa cells were measured in transplantation recipients using flow cytometry. (B) T cell expansion in vivo. Similar results were obtained in spleen, liver, and bone marrow. *P<0.05, naïve vs. TEM. (C) Cytokine changes in plasma. P<0.05, naïve vs. TEM in all cytokines; P<0.05, in IL-12P40, TNFα, RANTE. *P<0.05, TCD BM only vs. Naïve; #P<0.05, Naïve vs. TEM; P=NS, TEM vs. TCD BM only except GM-CSF, IFNγ, MIP-1b on day +5, IL-17 on day +7, IL-2, IL-3, IL-5, GM-CSF, and MCP-1 on day +10; P=NS, TEM–like vs. TCD BM only except RANTE on day +7, IL-3, IL-5, eotaxin, and MCP-1 on day +10.