Figure 4
Figure 4. Liver and spleen antiviral T-cell responses were significantly decreased in recipients with cGvHD. Lymphocytes harvested from the spleen and liver of recipients with and without cGvHD were stained with MCMV peptide–specific MHC class I tetramer, and tetramer-positive CD8+ T cells were measured by FACS analysis. Panels A and D represent the absolute number of donor spleen– (▪), donor BM– (□), and host-derived (▧) MCMV peptide–specific (HGIRNASFI-H2b) tetramer-positive CD8+ T cells detected from the spleen and liver, respectively. Panels B, C and E, F represent the total frequency of donor spleen– and donor BM–derived intracellular IFN-γ– and TNF-α–producing CD8+ T cells per spleen and liver, respectively, on day 10 after MCMV infection as measured after 4 hours in vitro stimulation of total lymphocytes with HGIRNASFI MCMV peptide (□, cGvHD; ▪, no GvHD). *P < .05 and **P < .01 (Student t test) are for the decreased absolute numbers of MCMV peptide–specific tetramer-positive IFN-γ+ and TNF-α+ CD8+ T cells per organ in recipients with cGvHD compared with no GvHD.

Liver and spleen antiviral T-cell responses were significantly decreased in recipients with cGvHD. Lymphocytes harvested from the spleen and liver of recipients with and without cGvHD were stained with MCMV peptide–specific MHC class I tetramer, and tetramer-positive CD8+ T cells were measured by FACS analysis. Panels A and D represent the absolute number of donor spleen– (▪), donor BM– (□), and host-derived (▧) MCMV peptide–specific (HGIRNASFI-H2b) tetramer-positive CD8+ T cells detected from the spleen and liver, respectively. Panels B, C and E, F represent the total frequency of donor spleen– and donor BM–derived intracellular IFN-γ– and TNF-α–producing CD8+ T cells per spleen and liver, respectively, on day 10 after MCMV infection as measured after 4 hours in vitro stimulation of total lymphocytes with HGIRNASFI MCMV peptide (□, cGvHD; ▪, no GvHD). *P < .05 and **P < .01 (Student t test) are for the decreased absolute numbers of MCMV peptide–specific tetramer-positive IFN-γ+ and TNF-α+ CD8+ T cells per organ in recipients with cGvHD compared with no GvHD.

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