Table 2.

Effect of Anticoagulant on T-Cell Sensitivity to IL-2

Culture Condition % CD69 Expression After 1 Day of Culture
On CD4+ T Cells On CD4 T Cells
Medium Only IL-2 (100 U/mL) Medium OnlyIL-2 (100 U/mL)
PBMC isolated from  
 K-EDTA blood 3.3 ± 1.5  9.5 ± 5.7  10.7 ± 2.4 28.6 ± 6.4  
 Na-heparin blood  2.1 ± 0.6 9.8 ± 19.0  9.4 ± 3.2  40.7 ± 18.6 
 Na-citrate blood  3.3 ± 1.6  10.0 ± 13.9 9.4 ± 1.8  37.6 ± 14.7 
Culture Condition % CD69 Expression After 1 Day of Culture
On CD4+ T Cells On CD4 T Cells
Medium Only IL-2 (100 U/mL) Medium OnlyIL-2 (100 U/mL)
PBMC isolated from  
 K-EDTA blood 3.3 ± 1.5  9.5 ± 5.7  10.7 ± 2.4 28.6 ± 6.4  
 Na-heparin blood  2.1 ± 0.6 9.8 ± 19.0  9.4 ± 3.2  40.7 ± 18.6 
 Na-citrate blood  3.3 ± 1.6  10.0 ± 13.9 9.4 ± 1.8  37.6 ± 14.7 

Values are the percentage of cells within the indicated subset showing specific binding to anti-CD69-FITC (mean ± SD).

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