Table 1 Relative number of cells at different stages of antigen specific B-cell isolation process for 5 antigens (A-E). The starting material were pools of cells from spleen and lymph nodes from 3 animals for each study.

From: Honing-in antigen-specific cells during antibody discovery: a user-friendly process to mine a deeper repertoire

Target antigen

Splenocytes (x106)

B cells (x106)

Total IgG+ B cells (x106)

Antigen-selected B Cells (x106)

Flow through cells (x106)

% Viability of antigen-selected B cells

% Antigen-selected Cells (of total B Cells)

% Antigen-selected Cells (of IgG+ B Cells)

A

304

67

19

0.13

18.3

94.5

0.19

0.66

B

301

70

22

0.15

20.0

95.3

0.22

0.71

C

285

75

25

0.72

23.7

96.7

0.95

2.92

D

304

79

27

0.88

26.4

95.5

1.12

3.25

E

294

83

24

0.21

23.1

94.7

0.25

0.87