Table 2.

TCR-Vβ use in cord-blood mononuclear cells of uninfected (mean % ± SEM, n = 6-9) or congenitally infected newborns (individual data of 3 newborns)

CD8+ T cellsCD4+ T cells
Uninfected newbornsCongenitally infected newbornsUninfected newbornsCongenitally infected newborns
123123
Vβ3 5.8 ± 1.0* 0.7 1.2 6.6 4.9 ± 0.8 7.6 4.2 2.5 
Vβ5 3.2 ± 0.2 7.5 3.5 2.4 2.2 ± 0.1 3.4 2.6 1.6 
Vβ11 0.8 ± 0.1 1.1 0.6 0.8 0.8 ± 0.0 2.0 1.0 0.6 
Vβ13.1 3.4 ± 0.3 13.5 13.5 2.8 3.4 ± 0.3 7.1 3.4 2.8 
Vβ14 6.8 ± 0.7 9.0 4.5 4.1 2.9 ± 0.1 2.4 3.0 2.5 
Vβ16 0.8 ± 0.1 0.8 0.6 1.2 0.7 ± 0.1 0.3 0.9 0.5 
Vβ17 5.6 ± 0.6 23.9 3.0 5.2 5.1 ± 0.2 5.3 4.6 3.8 
Vβ18 0.6 ± 0.2 1.4 0.3 0.2 0.8 ± 0.1 1.5 1.1 0.8 
Vβ22 4.5 ± 0.6 1.1 11.7 2.2 3.9 ± 0.4 5.5 5.1 4.0 
CD8+ T cellsCD4+ T cells
Uninfected newbornsCongenitally infected newbornsUninfected newbornsCongenitally infected newborns
123123
Vβ3 5.8 ± 1.0* 0.7 1.2 6.6 4.9 ± 0.8 7.6 4.2 2.5 
Vβ5 3.2 ± 0.2 7.5 3.5 2.4 2.2 ± 0.1 3.4 2.6 1.6 
Vβ11 0.8 ± 0.1 1.1 0.6 0.8 0.8 ± 0.0 2.0 1.0 0.6 
Vβ13.1 3.4 ± 0.3 13.5 13.5 2.8 3.4 ± 0.3 7.1 3.4 2.8 
Vβ14 6.8 ± 0.7 9.0 4.5 4.1 2.9 ± 0.1 2.4 3.0 2.5 
Vβ16 0.8 ± 0.1 0.8 0.6 1.2 0.7 ± 0.1 0.3 0.9 0.5 
Vβ17 5.6 ± 0.6 23.9 3.0 5.2 5.1 ± 0.2 5.3 4.6 3.8 
Vβ18 0.6 ± 0.2 1.4 0.3 0.2 0.8 ± 0.1 1.5 1.1 0.8 
Vβ22 4.5 ± 0.6 1.1 11.7 2.2 3.9 ± 0.4 5.5 5.1 4.0 
*

Mean percentage of positive cells ± SEM.

Values higher than the normal upper range (mean ± 2 SD of uninfected newborns).

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