Effects of different gels on the recruitment and the activation of lymphocytes in vagina tissues.

<p>(a) was a representative for gating different cell subsets; the alteration of proportions of different cell subsets after the administration of different gels were summarized in graph (b), and alteration of activation markers expressed on CD4+ T cells in vaginal tissues were summarized in graph (c). Data were represented as means ± SD from triplicate cultures of cells pooled from 5 mice. ANOVA and Tukey's post-hoc tests were performed among different groups. *: <i>p</i><0.05. In the graph, CS indicates gel containing 60 mg/ml CS alone; CSm indicates combined gel containing both 60 mg/ml CS and 50 μg/ml minocycline; HEC indicates a HEC placebo gel and HECm indicates HEC gel containing 50 μg/ml minocycline.