Table 3

ATRA, 9-cis RA and 13-cis RA significantly increase the expression of CD38 and CD69 on T cells in anti-CD3-stimulated PBMC cultures in a dose-dependentfashion.

CD38 MCN
Fold vs Control ± SE (n = 3)


Dose (nM)


1
10
100
1000

Retinoid




ATRA
1.49 ± 0.07
1.60 ± 0.05
1.63 ± 0.07
1.67 ± 0.05
9-cis-RA
1.11 ± 0.02
1.43 ± 0.02
1.77 ± 0.08
1.93 ± 0.02
13-cis-RA
1.28 ± 0.06
1.50 ± 0.06
1.68 ± 0.10
1.71 ± 0.08
4-HPR
1.11 ± 0.02
1.15 ± 0.02
1.20 ± 0.02
1.66 ± 0.19





2-way ANOVA




Dose
p = 0.0001



Retinoid
p < 0.0001








Tukey Kramer




Dose
p < 0.01
1 nM vs 10 nM


1 nM vs 100 nM


1 nM vs 1000 nM
Retinoid
p < 0.01
4-HPR vs ATRA


4-HPR vs 9-cis RA


4-HPR vs 13-cis RA

CD69 MCN
Fold vs Control ± SE (n = 3)


Dose (nM)


1
10
100
1000

Retinoid




ATRA
1.29 ± 11.0
1.27 ± 10.5
1.40 ± 0.14
1.46 ± 0.15
9-cis-RA
1.07 ± 3.4
1.27 ± 8.2
1.59 ± 0.16
1.64 ± 0.15
13-cis-RA
0.99 ± 4.0
1.12 ± 3.4
1.24 ± 0.08
1.33 ± 0.11
4-HPR
0.85 ± 6.2
0.86 ± 3.3
0.94 ± 0.04
1.08 ± 0.04





2-way ANOVA




Dose
p = 0.0001



Retinoid
p < 0.0001








Tukey Kramer




Dose
p < 0.01
1 nM vs 100 nM


1 nM vs 1000 nM
Retinoid
p < 0.01
4-HPR vs ATRA


4-HPR vs 9-cis-RA


4-HPR vs 13-cis-RA

Dawson et al. BMC Immunology 2008 9:16   doi:10.1186/1471-2172-9-16