Fig. 1. Phenotype of porcine CD8 T cells in tissues and cytokine secretion after stimulation.
a Expression of CD45RA and CCR7 by CD8 T cells isolated from the indicated tissues of naïve Babraham pigs (n = 3). Quadrants show the proportion of each population. b Mean frequency (± SD) of TDE (CD45RA+, CCR7–), naïve (CD45RA + , CCR7 + ), TCM (CD45RA-, CCR7 + ) and TEM (CD45RA-, CCR7-) in CD8 T cells. c CD8 + T cells from PBMC of naïve Babraham pigs (n = 3) were sorted according to their expression of CD45RA and CCR7. The sorted cells were stimulated with PMA and Ionomycin for 0, 2, 4 and 6 h and TNF and IFNγ secretion measured by intracellular cytokine staining. Each symbol represents one animal, this experiment was repeated twice. d Representative FACS plot showing the secretion of IFNγ and TNF after 6 h stimulation in TDE (white panel), naïve (blue panel), TCM (grey panel) and TEM (red). Mean proportion of IFNγ single (top left), double producer (top right) and single TNF + (bottom right) T cells are reported. e CD69 expression in differentiated effector (TDE, white), naïve (blue), central memory (TCM, grey) and effector memory (TEM, red) in CD8 T cells in the tissues analyzed.