Table II. Subsets of IL-7R α −/ − and WT...

Table II.

Subsets of IL-7Rα^−/− and WT DCs in the thymus of adoptive recipients^a

IL-7Rα^−/− recipients of WT bone marrow cells			pDCs	cDCs
Origin of cells	Number of thymocytes	Number of DCs	Sirpα⁺ CD11b⁻ B220⁺	Sirpα⁺ CD11b⁺ CD8α^−/lo	Sirpα⁻ CD11b⁻ CD8α^hi
	x10⁻⁶	x10⁻³	%	%	%
WT	54.3 ± 8.9^b	27 ± 11.1^c	5.7 ± 1.8^b^c	6.7 ± 2.8^b^c	87.5 ± 7^b^c
IL-7Rα^−/−	0.8 ± 0.3	33.4 ± 3.5^d	29.8 ± 0.7^d	67 ± 3.6^d	4.2 ± 1.2^d
WT control	93.2 ± 13	60.5 ± 12.1	38.7 ± 3.7	22.2 ± 7.5	39.1 ± 7.3

IL-7Rα^−/− recipients of WT bone marrow cells			pDCs	cDCs
Origin of cells	Number of thymocytes	Number of DCs	Sirpα⁺ CD11b⁻ B220⁺	Sirpα⁺ CD11b⁺ CD8α^−/lo	Sirpα⁻ CD11b⁻ CD8α^hi
	x10⁻⁶	x10⁻³	%	%	%
WT	54.3 ± 8.9^b	27 ± 11.1^c	5.7 ± 1.8^b^c	6.7 ± 2.8^b^c	87.5 ± 7^b^c
IL-7Rα^−/−	0.8 ± 0.3	33.4 ± 3.5^d	29.8 ± 0.7^d	67 ± 3.6^d	4.2 ± 1.2^d
WT control	93.2 ± 13	60.5 ± 12.1	38.7 ± 3.7	22.2 ± 7.5	39.1 ± 7.3

Data were analyzed 6 wk after adoptive transfer of WT bone marrow cells into nonirradiated IL-7Rα^−/− recipients.

P < 0.01 between WT and IL-7Rα^−/−.

P < 0.01 between WT and WT control cells.

P < 0.01 between IL-7Rα^−/− and WT control cells.