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Table 3 TCRVβ usage, as fluorescence intensity-calculation of individual TCRVβ types of CD8+ subset in the population and by season of birth in 18-23 years old men.

From: Thymic function and T cell parameters in a natural human experimental model of seasonal infectious diseases and nutritional burden

TCRVβ Type

Mean fluorescence intensityx104/subject

*P value

Alc

(52)

Harvest season

(n = 26)

Hungry season

(n = 26)

 

1

6.4

6.8

6.0

0.59

2

2.8

3.1

2.6

0.97

3

6.3

6.6

6.0

0.88

4

6.4

7.5

5.2

0.41

5

5.2

5.0

5.2

0.88

6A

3.8

4.1

3.5

0.30

6B

4.7

4.5

4.9

0.68

7

4.1

4.8

3.5

0.27

8

5.1

4.8

5.9

0.35

9

4.4

4.0

4.8

0.93

11

6.4

7.3

5.5

0.22

12

9.6

11.6

7.6

0.04

13A

2.4

2.5

2.4

0.98

13B

3.5

3.8

3.3

1.00

14

4.2

4.2

4.3

0.94

15

5.9

6.2

5.5

0.65

16

5.6

4.9

6.2

0.27

17

5.2

5.6

4.8

0.54

18

3.7

3.6

3.8

0.82

20

3.6

3.5

3.7

0.75

21

5.6

5.2

6.0

0.36

22

6.0

6.2

5.7

0.60

23

4.9

5.0

4.9

0.87

24

0.3

0.1

0.4

0.03

  1. *P value are for differences between TCRVβ usage by season of birth, with the number of subjects (n) shown.