ITGAX and infection: Depletion of CD11c+ cells from day 21 to day 28 of infection did not affect the frequency of antigen-specific IFNγ+ T cells (Figure 7A; 35.78±4.18% vs. 30.33±5.32% after saline or DTx, respectively), although absolute numbers were decreased by approximately 2-fold in keeping with the reduction of spleen size (Figure 7D).