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. 2017 Nov 14;8:1482. doi: 10.1038/s41467-017-01386-7

Fig. 7.

Fig. 7

iDR-NC/neoantigen elicited potent and durable neoantigen-specific T cell responses. C57BL/6 mice were s.c. immunized with CpG/shRNAStat3-iDR-NCs/Adpgk (2 nmol CpG equivalents, 17 μg Adpgk) on day 0 and day 14. a Schematic illustration of dextramer staining to analyze antigen-specific CD8+ T cells. b Representative flow cytometry and c quantification of ASMTNMELM-specific CD8+ T cells among live (DAPI) CD8+ cells in PBMCs, as stained using a PE-conjugated ASMTNMELM-H-2Db dextramer on day21. d Flow cytometry showing upregulated PD-1 expression on PBMC Adpgk+CD8+ T cells, relative to total CD8+ T cells, in mice vaccinated with iDR-NC/Adpgk on day21. e Upper: representative flow cytometry plots showing CD8+ T cell effector/effector memory/central memory phenotypes in PBMCs of naive mice and mice vaccinated with iDR-NC/Adpgk on day49; lower: quantification of the fractions of CD8 T cell populations in mice vaccinated with iDR-NC/Adpgk. iDR-NC/Adpgk induced substantial central memory (CD62LhighCD44+) CD8+ T cells, especially memory Adpgk+CD8+ T cells compared with age-matched naive mice. (***p < 0.001; n = 4; one-way ANOVA with Bonferroni post-hoc test). Data represent mean ± s.e.m.