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Table 1 Spleen cells were isolated and cultured for 72 hours under the indicated conditions with the following concentrations: IL-2 (100 u/ml), TGFβ (10 ng/ml) and αCD3/αCD28 (1 μg/ml immobilized, 10 μg/ml soluble, respectively).

From: T cell receptor transgenic lymphocytes infiltrating murine tumors are not induced to express foxp3

Culture Conditions

C57BL/6 Foxp3EGFP

CD8

C57BL/6 Foxp3EGFP

CD4

Pmel Foxp3EGFP

CD8

Pmel

Foxp3EGFP

CD4

OTII Foxp3EGFP

CD4

Media Only

0.9 +/- 0.6

2.1 +/- 1.3

2.2 +/- 0.1

9.6 +/- 5.9

0.8 +/- 0.1

IL-2

1.9 +/- 0.5

8.2 +/- 1.8

2.9 +/- 0.1

11.7 +/- 1.3

0.6 +/- 0.3

TGF- β

1.8 +/- 0.1

4.2 +/- 1.1

4.8 +/- 0.8

13.2 +/- 1.6

0 +/- 0.6

IL-2/TGF-β

2.0 +/- 1.3

20.4 +/- 1.4

1.4 +/- 0.8

20.7 +/- 3.4

0.8 +/- 0.5

αCD3/αCD28

0.9 +/- 1.8

3.1 +/- 0.2

2.3 +/- 0.3

17.2 +/- 1.7

3.0 +/- 0.1

αCD3/αCD28/IL-2

1.3 +/- 1.6

4.6 +/- 0.7

21.3 +/- 0.8

13.8 +/- 0.5

3.0 +/- 0.2

αCD3/αCD28/TGF-β

18.8 +/- 3.0

18.8 +/- 1.0

27.3 +/- 1.8

30.7 +/- 2.8

7.7 +/- 2.4

αCD3/αCD28/IL-2/TGFβ

25.1 +/- 0.4

34.4 +/- 1.1

27.9 +/- 0.2

46.2 +/- 1.1

8.4 +/- 0.4

  1. Cells were then sorted for CD8, CD4, and EGFP expression. Results are a mean of triplicates +/- S.D. These experiments were repeated at least 3 times with comparable results.