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. 1999 Jun;67(6):3135–3140. doi: 10.1128/iai.67.6.3135-3140.1999

TABLE 1.

Flow cytometric analysis of vaginal T cells during primary C. albicans vaginal infectiona

Cell type % of positive cellsb after following treatment:
Estrogen and no infection
Estrogen and infection
Infection and no estrogen
1 2 3 5 1 2 3 5 1 2 3 5
αβ TCR+ CD4+ 40 29 32 35 42 28 30 32 39 30 23 29
γδ TCR+ CD4+ 20 19 20 21 22 16 21 19 23 20 19 17
γδ TCR+ CD4 12 3 7 4 13 1 5 6 15 0.2 0.7 2
CD4/CD8 36/5 33/3 40/3 35/3 36/3 50/2 39/3 37/5 43/8 35/5 55/1 37/3
2B6+GK1.5 34 39 38 40 38 41 36 39 41 33 42 37
2B6+GK1.5+ 5 3 4 3 5 2 5 2 3 4 6 2
a

Data presented from a single experiment of two repeats with pooled cells (105/sample) from 9 to 10 mice. 

b

Based on lymphoid cell-like limits of cells collected from collagenase-digested vaginas. The numbers 1, 2, 3, and 5 for each treatment refer to weeks postinfection.