Table 3.

Manifestations of GVHD in Recipients Transplanted With Mutant T Cells

Experiment No. DayNo. Evaluated Body WeightPercentage of B Cells
Control MutantControl Mutant Control Mutant
1  91  5  101 ± 2.2  72 ± 8.5  53 ± 3.3  10 ± 6.0 
2  71  5  4  96 ± 2.0  74 ± 2.1 64 ± 2.5  23 ± 3.2  
3  70  4  105 ± 2.1  74 ± 6.4  59 ± 2.0 17 ± 5.0 
Experiment No. DayNo. Evaluated Body WeightPercentage of B Cells
Control MutantControl Mutant Control Mutant
1  91  5  101 ± 2.2  72 ± 8.5  53 ± 3.3  10 ± 6.0 
2  71  5  4  96 ± 2.0  74 ± 2.1 64 ± 2.5  23 ± 3.2  
3  70  4  105 ± 2.1  74 ± 6.4  59 ± 2.0 17 ± 5.0 

Groups of 5 lethally irradiated (1,100 cGy) BALB/c recipients were transplanted with grafts containing 40 × 106T-cell–depleted B6 or B6-Ly5.1 marrow cells alone (control) or with 1.0 × 107 CD3 cells from perforin-deficient, Fas-ligand–defective donors added to the graft (mutant). Body weight was measured as a percentage of the pretransplant baseline, and the percentage of B220+, CD3 cells in the blood lymphoid gate was measured by two-color flow cytometry among recipients surviving on the indicated day when the experiment was terminated. Shown are mean values ± 1 SEM for three consecutive experiments. In each experiment, the differences between groups were statistically significant. Experiments no. 1 and 3 were performed with mutant cells from mice, with perforin expression disrupted by an insertion at the exon 3 BstEII site. Experiment no. 2 was performed with mutant cells with perforin expression disrupted by an insertion at the exon 3Sph I site.

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