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. 2015 Feb 23;10(2):e0118311. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0118311

Fig 5. Deletion of SNAP-23 in thymus-derived CD8 T cells prevents survival of mature CD8 T cells in the spleen.

Fig 5

Spleens were harvested from E8i-Cre+ SNAP-23fl/+ control mice or E8i-Cre+ SNAP-23fl/- mice (line E3) and single cell suspensions were stained with fluorochrome-conjugated CD3-, CD4-, and CD8-mAb and analyzed by flow cytometry. (A) A representative flow cytometry profile of CD3-gated spleen cells reveals a selective reduction in the percentage of CD8+ T cells in the spleen. (B) Quantitative analysis of E8i-Cre+ SNAP-23fl/+ or E8i-Cre+ SNAP-23fl/- littermate mice indicating total spleen cell numbers, B cell numbers (determined by gating on B220+ spleen cells) as well as the numbers of CD4 T cells and CD8 T cells present in each spleen (calculated based on the percentage of each cell type present as determined by flow cytometry). The data shown are mean +/- SD of three independent experiments (*p<0.05; **, p<0.01).