Fig. 5

Upregulation of CD103 by decidual stromal cells and effector molecule expression in CD103⁺dT cells. a Representative FACS plots and percentages of expression of CD69 + CD103 + cells in CD8⁺pT cells and CD8⁺dT cells. Percentages of CD69 + CD103⁺ cells are depicted within four subpopulations of CD8⁺Tcell; b CD103 expression of CD8⁺pT cells cocultured with DSCs and trophoblasts, respectively, for three days and analyzed by flow cytometry; c Representative FACS plots (Left) and percentages (Right) of the expression of intracellular granzyme B and IFN-γ in CD103⁺ and CD103 − CD8⁺dT cells stimulated for 6 h with PMA/Ionomycin (1 μg/mL). Graphs show the data of six to ten samples in each group; a paired t-test was used to calculate the p-values, *p = < 0.05, ***p = < 0.005, ****p = < 0.0001. CD103 expression of CD8⁺pT cells cocultured with DSCs and trophoblasts, respectively, for three days and analyzed by flow cytometry. Graphs show the data of six samples in each group; a paired t-test was used to calculate the p-values, *p = < 0.05, **p = < 0.01