Table 2.

Mitogenic Response of PBMCs and T Cells After EBV Stimulation

PBMCs T Cells
Medium Anti-CD3 + IL-2 Medium Anti-CD3 + IL-2
Donor 1  
 Mock  2,921 ± 269  70,411 ± 4,877 1,085 ± 100  57,323 ± 1,326  
 EBV 6,375 ± 1,922  57,008 ± 4,715  670 ± 158 60,026 ± 1,638  
 % Mitogen suppression* 0    19  38  0  
Donor 2 
 Mock  1,990 ± 540  52,263 ± 14,074 2,369 ± 122  62,703 ± 6,290  
 EBV 1,840 ± 368  22,270 ± 3,772  1,437 ± 241 70,737 ± 3,408  
 % Mitogen suppression 7.5  57  39  0  
Donor 3 
 Mock  1,760 ± 544  48,836 ± 14,414 8,976 ± 2,453  87,952 ± 2,706  
 EBV 1,640 ± 234  23,917 ± 1,429  2,532 ± 487 98,977 ± 1,060  
 % Mitogen suppression 6.8  51  71  
PBMCs T Cells
Medium Anti-CD3 + IL-2 Medium Anti-CD3 + IL-2
Donor 1  
 Mock  2,921 ± 269  70,411 ± 4,877 1,085 ± 100  57,323 ± 1,326  
 EBV 6,375 ± 1,922  57,008 ± 4,715  670 ± 158 60,026 ± 1,638  
 % Mitogen suppression* 0    19  38  0  
Donor 2 
 Mock  1,990 ± 540  52,263 ± 14,074 2,369 ± 122  62,703 ± 6,290  
 EBV 1,840 ± 368  22,270 ± 3,772  1,437 ± 241 70,737 ± 3,408  
 % Mitogen suppression 7.5  57  39  0  
Donor 3 
 Mock  1,760 ± 544  48,836 ± 14,414 8,976 ± 2,453  87,952 ± 2,706  
 EBV 1,640 ± 234  23,917 ± 1,429  2,532 ± 487 98,977 ± 1,060  
 % Mitogen suppression 6.8  51  71  

PBMCs from healthy blood donors were seeded at 1 × 106 cells/mL and stimulated for 24 hours with purified Akata virus or mock-virus preparations (1:10 vol/vol). Aliquots of viable PBMCs or T cells, as measured by trypan blue exclusion, were seeded at 1.5 × 105 cells in 200 μL of medium containing anti-CD3 MoAb OKT3 (1:200) and IL-2 (50 U/mL). Cells were grown for an additional 72 hours. During the final 18 hours, cells were pulsed with [3H]-thymidine (1 μCi/well). Results are expressed as the mean ± SD from triplicate wells.

*

Negative suppression values were given a value of 0.

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