Figure 3. Immune cell populations in P. alecto spleen, lymph nodes, blood and bone marrow.
Percentage of different CD3+ cell subsets based on expression of transcription factors T-bet, Eomes and Gata3 in bat spleen (a), mediastinal lymph nodes (MLNs) (b), peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) (c) and bone marrow (BM) (d). Percentage of T cells (based on CD3+ cells) in spleen, MLN, PBMCs and BM (e). Percentage of B cells (based on MHCII+ and IgG+ double positive cells) in spleen, MLN, PBMCs and BM (f). Spleen, MLN and PBMCs from 3–5 bats were analysed. Individual data are represented together with the mean (horizontal bar) and SEM. *p ≤ 0.05, **p ≤ 0.01, ***p ≤ 0.001, ****p ≤ 0.0001 based on 1-way ANOVA with Bonferroni’s post-test.