Table 2. T cell subsets in the spleens of infected mice.
| Mean (SD) %, a | ||||||||||||
| CD4+ T cells | Effector CD4+ T cells | CD8+ T cells | Effector CD8+ T cells | p79 tetramer+ T cells | Vβ4+ CD8+ T cells | |||||||
| dpi | WT | Sts dKO | WT | Sts dKO | WT | Sts dKO | WT | Sts dKO | WT | Sts dKO | WT | Sts dKO |
| 12 | 11.81 (2.08) | 10.38 (3.19) | 6.04 (1.09) | 7.82 (0.98) | 12.54 (2.34) | 9.85 (1.45) | 14.0 (6.28) | 21.87 (5.84) | 1.34 (0.76) | 1.75 (0.95) | nd | nd |
| 16 | 17.8 (3.65) | 15.37 (1.3) | 33.6 (1.3) | 26.8 (2.46) | 12.6 (1.41) | 7.16 (1.23) | 25.6 (9.12) | 32.57 (8.20) | nd | nd | nd | nd |
| 28 | 16.87 (3.93) | 12.5 (3.44)* | 57.07 (3.94) | 60.97 (2.66) | 17.48 (4.81) | 18.53 (4.92) | 45.76 (9.34) | 58.69 (6.71)* | 3.97 (1.84) | 4.18 (3.87) | 29.27 (9.96) | 38.95 (8.51)* |
| 45–57 | 19.05 (3.83) | 16.6 (3.18) | 20.9 (4.81) | 28.63 (2.24) | 23.8 (2.57) | 19.48 (5.61) | 33.5 (9.14) | 28.84 (9.01) | nd | nd | 28.84 (12.97) | 28.55 (12.87) |
a
, The data shown are the percentage +/− standard deviation for each subset derived from FACS analysis of individual infected mice. *, significant difference (p<0.05) between infected WT and STS dKO mice.