Table 4.

Numbers (mean ± SE) of B220⁺, CD4⁺, CD4⁺IL17⁺, CD4⁺IFNγ⁺, and CD4⁺FoxP3⁺cells harvested from GALT of GF controls and Hb-mono SW mice at 10 mpi

	GF	Hb
B220+ (×106)
Spleen	3.39 ± 0.51	4.25 ± 0.58
MLN	1.59 ± 0.39	1.99 ± 0.41
SI	0.11 ± 0.01	0.24 ± 0.05
Cecum	0.07 ± 0.01	0.43 ± 0.04c
Colon	0.16 ± 0.02	0.20 ± 0.02
CD4+IFNγ+ (×103)
Spleen	151.9 ± 18.6	149.1 ± 22.8
MLN	58.9 ± 25.4	76.5 ± 23.9
SI	1.53 ± 0.21	2.38 ± 0.49a
Cecum	1.03 ± 0.17	6.87 ± 1.80a
Colon	1.88 ± 0.63	8.76 ± 3.77a
CD4+ (×106)
Spleen	2.23 ± 0.25	2.26 ± 0.19
MLN	1.57 ± 0.26	2.13 ± 0.27
SI	0.06 ± 0.01	0.09 ± 0.01a
Cecum	0.02 ± 0.01	0.10 ± 0.02a
Colon	0.01 ± 0.00	0.04 ± 0.01
CD4+FoxP3+ (×103)
Spleen	590.5 ± 103	641.4 ± 61.3
MLN	340.9 ± 116	410.2 ± 81.9
SI	2.81 ± 0.89	11.47 ± 4.83b
Cecum	10.18 ± 3.08	21.86 ± 2.36a
Colon	8.68 ± 3.44	28.36 ± 4.78a
CD4+IL17+ (×103)
Spleen	2.00 ± 0.38	0.94 ± 0.22
MLN	3.25 ± 1.38	3.25 ± 0.53
SI	2.23 ± 0.74	2.22 ± 0.37
Cecum	0.57 ± 0.18	5.63 ± 1.66a
Colon	0.96 ± 0.47	3.31 ± 1.78

GF, n = 4; Hb, n = 7.

^aP < 0.05,

^bP < 0.01,

^cP < 0.001 regarding comparison of Hb-mono mice with control GF mice.