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| Parameter (mouse strains) | Estimated parameter: value, range (CI95%), union of ranges | References |
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| Number of single LCMV-epitope-specific precursor CD8+ T cells (C57BL/6 mice) | 100–200 (per mouse): GP33
5–165 (per spleen): GP33, GP92, GP118, GP276, NP205, and NP396
2–8 (per spleen): GP33, GP34, GP276, and NP396 | [8, 32–34] |
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| Number of single LCMV-epitope-specific precursor CD4+ T cells (C57BL/6 mice) | 22–56 (per spleen): GP61, NP309 | [33] |
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| Total number of the precursor CD8+ T cells specific for an entire virus (C57BL/6 mice) | 27–110 (per spleen): WE and Docile
6,761 (per mouse): GP33 + GP118 + GP276 + NP396 + NP205
224 (per spleen): GP33 + GP118 + GP276 + NP396 + NP205
20 (per spleen): GP33 + GP34 + GP276 + NP396 | [30–34] |
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| Total number of the precursor CD4+ T cells specific for an entire virus (C57BL/6 mice) | 78 (per spleen): GP61 + NP309 | [33] |
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| Number of dendritic cells required for induction of CD8 T cell clonal expansion (C57BL/6 mice) | 212, CI95% = (75, 1200) (per spleen):
H8-mice DCs | [35] |
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| Doubling time of LCMV-epitope-specific CD8+ T cells during clonal expansion phase (C57BL/6 mice, BALB/c mice) | 7.5–16.7 (hours): GP33, GP92, GP118, GP276, NP205, and NP396
5.5–7.6 (hours): GP238, NP118 | [33, 37] |
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| Doubling time of LCMV-epitope-specific CD4+ T cells during clonal expansion phase (C57BL/6 mice) | 10.5–17.3 (hours): GP61, NP309 | [33] |
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| Half-lives of epitope-specific CD8+ T cells during contraction phase (BALB/c mice) | 19.6–87.6 (hours): GP238, NP118 | [37] |
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| Half-lives of infected target cells killed by epitope-specific CD8+ T cells (C57BL/6 mice) | 1.4 (hours) at day 8, 2.9 (hours) at day 30,
and 8.9 (hours) at day 300: H8-spleen cells
0.11–0.46 (hours) at day 8 with effector frequency 0.05 per spleen: GP276, NP396
0.048–0.16 (hours) at day 8: GP276, NP396
0.11–0.24 (hours) for acute infection (day 8), 0.27–0.37 (hours) for memory phase (day 42), and 0.31–0.44 (hours) for chronic infection (day 42): GP33 | [38–41] |
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| Threshold frequency of CTLs in spleen at which the infected cells elimination rate is half-maximum (C57BL/6 mice, infection with LCMV Docile) | 0.004–0.023 for acute (day 8) and chronic (day 42) infection, 0.007–0.088 for memory phase of infection (day 42): GP33 | [41] |
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| Protective number of memory CTLs against infection (C57BL/6 mice, infection with LCMV Armstrong) | 1.3 × 105 cells per spleen for GP276, NP396 | [43] |
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| Protective number of naive precursor CTLs against chronic infection (C57BL/6 mice) | 105 cells per spleen for infection with 105 pfu LCMV Docile (cells from TCR318 mice) | [11] |
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| Dependence of CTL clonal expansion on virus growth rate (C57BL/6 mice) | Bell-shaped; both slow and fast replicating virus strains can induce weak CD8+ T cell clonal expansion (GP33) | [47] |
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