Figure 2: Expression of LILR encoding transcripts in moDC samples derived from BCG vaccinated and unvaccinated donors, cultured with various mycobacterial species, as determined using qPCR analysis.

The y axis denotes Ct value, which is relative to GAPDH expression. Mann-Whitney analysis demonstrated a significant difference in moDC expression of LILRA3 between untreated and M. bovis treated samples from unvaccinated donors (p = 0.028). Furthermore, LILRB5 demonstrated significant differences between untreated and BCG treated samples from BCG vaccinated donors (p0.034), and M. bovis and H37Rv treated samples also from BCG vaccinated donors (p = 0.041). The number of paired samples used for each condition is depicted in Table 1.