Serial Assessment of Immune Status by Circulating CD8⁺ Effector T Cell Frequencies for Posttransplant Infectious Complications

Figure 2

Changes in the % difference of the CD8⁺ T cell subsets (a) and the scatter plot (b) after LDLT in 31 Group I, 33 Group II, and 28 Group III recipients. The % difference was expressed by subtracting the proportion of CD8⁺ T cell subsets immediately before LDLT from the proportion at various times after LDLT. In the scatter plot, the deviation points of the % E difference from pretransplant values were plotted as a function of the proportion of pre-existing CD8⁺ effector T cells for each recipient. N, naive T cells; E, effector T cells; CM, central memory T cells; EM, effector memory T cells; Tac, tacrolimus.

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