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Table 2 Down-regulation of IL-1R2 and FR4 on splenic CD4+ T cells by fetal thvmus graft

From: Fetal thymus graft enables recovery from age-related hearing loss and expansion of CD4-Positive T cells expressing IL-1 receptor type 2 and regulatory T Cells

Groups

Square R1a

Square R2

Square R3

 

CD121a+ cells (%)

CD121b cells (%)

FR4 hi cells (%)

 

on CD4+ cells*

on CD4+ cells

on CD4+ cells

A, 2 months old

0.46 ± 0.07

0.33 ± 0.08

11.02 ± 0.81

B, 6 months old

0.39 ± 0.14

0.83 ± 0.21**

23.52 ± 0.80****

C, 12 months old

0.46 ± 0.18

1.07 ± 0.13

22.10 ± 1.63

D, 12 months old

0.58 ± 0.28

0.57 ± 0.03***

12.85 ± 0.54*****

Thymus-grafted

   
  1. aSquares of R1-R3 are shown in Fig. 5
  2. * p > 0.05 between any groups
  3. ** p < 0005 between Groups A and B. p < 0.01 between Groups B and D. p > 0.05 between Groups B and C
  4. *** p < 0.005 between Groups A and D
  5. **** p < 0.005 between Groups A and B. p < 0.005 between Groups B and D. p > 0.05 between Groups B and C
  6. ***** p < 0.01 between Groups A and D. All experiments were run in triplicate n = 3–4/group (mean ± SD)