Fig. 1

Proliferation analysis of T cells after being cultured with IMCs or alone. A–D Representative histograms obtained from the flow cytometry analysis of control T cells alone (A), control T cells plus IMCs (B), activated T cells alone (C), and activated T cells plus IMCs (D). E Chart showing the precursor frequency for the four aforementioned conditions in A–D. Note how when cultured with IMCs there is a considerable reduction in the proliferation of activated T cells. Data are expressed as mean ± SEM. **p < 0.01, regarding control T cells alone; ^##p < 0.01, effect of IMCs on activated T cells. Ct-T control T cells, Act-T-activated T cells