Table 1.
Immunisation Groups | Frequency of Gated Splenocytes (%) | ||
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CD3+ CD4+ | CD3+ CD8+ | CD8+/CD4+ Ratio | |
Buffer only | 21.62 ± 0.95 a | 11.42 ± 0.51 g | 0.53 ± 0.01 v |
Buffer and alum | 19.70 ± 0.30 b | 11.51 ± 0.02 g | 0.58 ± 0.01 v |
Sf9-produced Nc-aD VLPs | 13.95 ± 0.15 c | 9.07 ± 0.23 h | 0.65 ± 0.02 w |
E. coli-produced Nc-aD VLPS | 11.81 ± 0.32 d | 8.17 ± 0.08 i | 0.69 ± 0.01 w |
Engerix B | 17.95 + 0.42 e | 11.92 + 0.12 k | 0.66 + 0.02 w |
Sf9-produced Nc VLPs | 13.48 ± 0.45 c | 7.63 ± 0.09 j | 0.57 ± 0.02v |
E. coli-produced Nc VLPs | 17.63 ± 0.37 e | 9.69 ± 0.36 h | 0.54 ± 0.03 v |
The letters (a, b, c, d, e, g, h, i, j, k, v, w) represent the statistical significance of the measurements. T lymphocyte populations which are marked by different letters are significantly different (p < 0.001), and those marked by the same letters are not significantly different.