Figure 5.
The proliferation of CD3+ T cells and CD4+ T cells in mice spleen were induced by T. pallidum. T-cell subpopulation immunotyping and activation status determination of mouse splenocytes after 11 days of infection were performed by flow cytometry. (A) CD3+, (B) CD4+, (C) CD8+, (D) CD4+ naive, (E) CD4+ effector, (F) CD4+ memory, (G) CD8+ naive, (H) CD8+ effector, (I) CD8+ memory. (Ctr, uninfected mice; Inf, infected mice; n = 4-5; mean ± SD; *P < 0.05; **P < 0.01).