Telomere length dynamics in human memory T cells specific for viruses causing acute or latent infections

Immunity & Ageing

Table 1 CD4 ⁺ T cell proliferation responses in PBMC from ten healthy donors

			Fold increase in proliferation*
		% proliferation
Donor #	Age/Gender	Media	CMV	IAV	VACV	VZV
1	51/M	2.1	2.7	23.4	13.8	8.5
2	49/M	0.6	20.0	76.6	65.2	41.3
3	41/F	0.7	7.1	40.4	5.1	73.3
4	39/M	0.5	162.8	69.4	66.8	60.2
5	49/F	0.2	24.5	146.0	75.6	122.5
6	61/F	0.4	125.5	67.3	23.3	29.3
7	43/M	0.7	16.1	64.1	19.6	58.0
8	28/F	1.4	9.1	24.1	19.3	29.4
9	26/M	0.1	92.0	96.0	230.0	283.0
10	35/M	0.5	15.4	106.0	35.8	69.0
Number of + responses			9	10	10	10

* Fold increase in proliferation is the ratio of the frequency of BrdU+ CD4+ T cells in response to virus stimulation divided by the %BrdU+ frequency in response to media.
Gender: M – male, F – female.

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