Table 1.

Time course of epitope specificity (tetramer staining) and phenotype of mini-LCL–stimulated T-cell cultures from donor no. 5

pp65 mini-LCL–stimulated T cellsControl mini-LCL–stimulated T cells
No. of restimulations 6  
Day of restimulation 15 22 40 15 22 40  
Total cell number (million) 58 184 645 44 78 87 
Day of analysis 21 26 29 49 21 26 29 49 
% NLV (CMV pp65) 3.01 6.37 10.77 15.26 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 
% CLG (EBV LMP2) 0.30 0.25 0.14 0.07 1.00 1.01 0.76 2.50 
% CD8+CD3+ 34.2 72.4 79.6 78.1 28.1 48.3 53.4 53.3 
% CD4+CD3+ 13.8 11.9 13.6 19.7 6.6 7.7 14.3 20.5 
% CD56+CD3 35.3 16.4 3.7 0.25 53.0 41.5 20.0 14.2 
pp65 mini-LCL–stimulated T cellsControl mini-LCL–stimulated T cells
No. of restimulations 6  
Day of restimulation 15 22 40 15 22 40  
Total cell number (million) 58 184 645 44 78 87 
Day of analysis 21 26 29 49 21 26 29 49 
% NLV (CMV pp65) 3.01 6.37 10.77 15.26 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 
% CLG (EBV LMP2) 0.30 0.25 0.14 0.07 1.00 1.01 0.76 2.50 
% CD8+CD3+ 34.2 72.4 79.6 78.1 28.1 48.3 53.4 53.3 
% CD4+CD3+ 13.8 11.9 13.6 19.7 6.6 7.7 14.3 20.5 
% CD56+CD3 35.3 16.4 3.7 0.25 53.0 41.5 20.0 14.2 

To determine the total cell number, trypan blue–excluding cells were visually identified and counted on the day of restimulation preceding each analysis. Each T-cell culture was initiated with 3 million PBMC (day 0). For tetramer and phenotypic analyses, percentages of total cells are given. .

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