Clinical Study

Comparative Approach to Define Increased Regulatory T Cells in Different Cancer Subtypes by Combined Assessment of CD127 and FOXP3

Table 2

Patient characteristics for Treg-cell assessment in lymph node biopsies.
(a) Follicular lymphoma (lymph node)

IDGenderAge (yr)StageTherapyTreg (%)

44m59FL Ino tx23.9
45m46FL Ino tx13.4
46f58FL Ino tx26.8
47m73FL IIno tx19.6
48f66FL IIno tx20.0
49m59FL IIno tx13.2
50m57FL IIno tx22.5
51m65FL IIno tx37.5

(b) Hodgkin’s disease (lymph node)

IDGenderAge (yr)EntityTherapyTreg (%)

52f53HD (ns)no tx37.8
53m44HD (ns)no tx16.8
54m51HD (ns)no tx43.9
55m19HD (ns)no tx18.5
56m34HD (ns)no tx16.9
57f25HD (mc)no tx12.4

(c) Healthy donors (reactive lymph nodes)

IDGenderAge (yr)Treg (%)

58m354.9
59f1811.7
60f174.9
61m229.7
62f4516.7
63m398.9
64m2414.0

Patient characteristics including gender, age at analysis, first diagnosis, therapy, and frequency of Treg cells. (f: female, m: male; no tx: no therapy; mc: mixed cellularity; ns: nodular sclerosing).