Table 1 Flow cytometry analysis of the percentages of T lymphocyte subsets (mean ± SD, %)

CD4⁺

PBS

23.74 ± 3.21^a

24.18 ± 1.94^a

24.68 ± 3.58^a

pVAX1.0 control

24.28 ± 3.67^a

25.26 ± 3.55^a

25.12 ± 2.84^a

pET-32a(+) control

24.04 ± 3.39^a

23.32 ± 2.88^a

24.50 ± 2.13^a

rEmSAG

23.12 ± 3.4^a

28.14 ± 4.67^a

35.70 ± 2.94^b

pVAX-EmSAG

24.96 ± 1.66^a

35.24 ± 3.51^b

40.92 ± 7.66^b

CD8⁺

PBS

34.74 ± 3.13^a

34.18 ± 3.94^a

35.16 ± 1.94^a

pVAX1.0 control

34.64 ± 1.35^a

35.26 ± 3.65^a

35.08 ± 2.89^a

pET-32a(+) control

35.32 ± 2.57^a

34.20 ± 5.37^a

34.84 ± 3.72^a

rEmSAG

34.8 ± 6.19^a

45.44 ± 3.83^b

57.02 ± 1.85^b

pVAX-EmSAG

34.28 ± 5.61^a

49.04 ± 2.76^b

64.28 ± 3.65^c