a, T cell activation, CXCR3 expression, and cytokine production in 12 wk old control Foxp3YFP-CreTbx21WT/WT and Foxp3YFP-CreTbx21FL/WT (white circles) and experimental Foxp3YFP-CreTbx21FL/FL (black circles) mice. Bars, mean±s.e.m. Two-tailed t test (* denotes p value < 0.05; NS – not significant). Data is representative of 3 experiments, n ≥ 7 mice per group. b, Cumulative distribution function plot of the 561 genes up in Thy1.1+ CD44hiRFPhiCXCR3+ vs. CD44hiRFP− cells in Tbx21RFP-CreERT2 mice compared to all genes differentially expressed in CD4+CD25+ Treg vs. CD4+CD25lo exTreg cells. P=0.2xE−15, two-sample Kolmogorov-Smirnov test. c, Expression of CCR5 (above) and CD29 (below) in CD44loCD62Lhi naïve (blue histogram), CD44hiCXCR3− (black histogram) and CD44hiCXCR3+ (red histogram) Treg (left) and CD4+Foxp3− (right) T cells from spleens of Foxp3YFP-CreTbx21WT/WT mice. d, Expression of CXCR3 (left), CCR5 (middle), and CD29 (right), gated on CD4 T cells in spleens of Foxp3YFP-CreTbx21WT/WT and Foxp3YFP-CreTbx21FL/FL mice. e, Dendrogram represents cluster analysis of TCR sequences in CD44hiCXCR3+ (red symbols) and CD44hiCXCR3− (black symbols) Treg (right) and effector CD4 T (left) cells in spleens (white symbols) and lymph nodes (gray symbols) of DO11.10 TCRβ+
Tcra+/− Foxp3 reporter mice. Sample preparation and statistical analyses are described in the Methods section. Pearson correlation of clonotype frequencies for the shared TCR clones was used for the generation of the dendrogram.