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From: Human T cells express CD25 and Foxp3 upon activation and exhibit effector/memory phenotypes without any regulatory/suppressor function

Figure 1

Foxp3 expression following T cell activation. T cells were isolated from healthy volunteers and split into two groups. Control group remained unactivated and cultured in the presence of IL-2 for 3 days (A; top panel) and another group was activated with B/I for 16 h and cultured in the presence of IL-2 for 3 days (A; middle panel) or 6 days (A; bottom panel). Absolute numbers of CD4+ and CD8+ T cells on pooled samples were determined on days 0, 3, and 6 post-culture by flow cytometry analysis (B). Expression of FoxP3 and CD25 were determined in freshly isolated CD4+ T cells (day 0) and after a 3-day stimulation with anti-CD3/CD28 Abs (C). Freshly isolated and B/I-activated T cells were subjected to flow cytometry to determine T cell phenotypes (D; top panel); Foxp3+ effector and memory T cells were determined in gated CD4+Foxp3+ cells or gated CD8+Foxp3+ cells (D; bottom panel). Representative data are shown from two donors in duplicate experiments.

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