Statistical Analysis
Statistical analysis was performed using GraphPad Prism version 7.01
software (GraphPad Software, California, USA). Comparisons between
groups were made on the basis of the difference in mean percentage of
cells positive for surface marker expression for phenotypic analyses,
the difference in cMFI of anti-cytokine antibodies for intracellular
cytokine production analyses, and the difference in mean cell
number/yield for cell expansion analyses. Significance was calculated
using unpaired 2-tail Student t-tests with Holm-Sidak correction for
multiple tests, where a p value of <0.05 was considered
significant.