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. 2004 Apr;72(4):1974–1982. doi: 10.1128/IAI.72.4.1974-1982.2004

TABLE 1.

Phenotypic analysis of unfractionated PBMC after 7 days in culturea

Cow % of cells (mean ± SEM) in cell typeb
γδ T cells CD4+ cells CD8α+ cells PBMC
MHC-II+ B cell+ MHC-II+ B cell MHC-II B cell+
Healthy (n = 4) 20.09 ± 6.81 A 28.23 ± 2.71 24.63 ± 0.84 14.38 ± 2.22 A 17.88 ± 5.18 4.32 ± 2.12 A
Subclinically infected (n = 2) 27.25 ± 0.25 A 33.70 ± 9.70 19.65 ± 4.85 14.82 ± 4.98 A 7.51 ± 1.05 5.05 ± 3.06 A
Clinically infected (n = 2) 14.80 ± 1.00 B 18.00 ± 6.30 10.72 ± 7.18 36.45 ± 1.95 B 9.39 ± 4.91 15.30 ± 3.00 B
a

Phenotypic analyses were performed 18 h after the replacement of the supernatant in culture with fresh medium and before the addition of M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis to the in vitro cultures.

b

The different letters after the values indicate statistically significant differences (P < 0.05) (values with the same letter were not significantly different).