Journal of Immunology Research / 2013 / Article / Tab 2 / Research Article
An Imbalance between Frequency of CD4+CD25+FOXP3+ Regulatory T Cells and CCR4+ and CCR9+ Circulating Helper T Cells Is Associated with Active Perennial Allergic Conjunctivitis Table 2 Frequencies of cell-subsets and cell-migration receptors after
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Cell-subsets
RPMI MD (IQR-Range) Der p MD (IQR-Range)
Con A mitogen MD (IQR-Range)
RPMI versus Der p Der p versus Con ACD25+ 12.5% (10.9–15.7) 20.4% (16.0–26.4) 87.5% (78.2–93.4) 0.001 <0.0001 CD4+CD25+ 16.2% (12.5–20.8) 28.2% (23–32.7) 99.4% (99–99.5) 0.0004 <0.0001 CD4+CD25+ F0XP3+ 3.5% (1.8–14.9) 57% (50–63.5) 18% (12.8–28.4) <0.0001 <0.0001 CCR4+ 19% (13.2–28) 21% (16–27.6) 69% (56.6–80.2) 0.312 0.002 CCR7+ 55% (41.5–63.5) 49% (36–56.9) 84% (72.1–88.2) 0.687 0.0006 CCR7− 45% (36.5–58.5) 51% (43.1–64) 16% (11.8–27.9) 0.687 0.0006 CCR9+ 1% (0.5–2.2) 2% (1.9–9.9) 3.4% (2.9–7.6) 0.04 0.62 CD4+CCR4+ 32% (21.6–50.7) 32% (24.8–45.3) 91% (84.7–97.5) 0.62 0.001 CD4+CCR7+ 86% (79.7–89.1) 82% (74.2–86.9) 98% (95.0–98.5) 0.06 0.0006 CD4+CCR7− 14% (10.9–20.3) 18% (13.1–25.8) 2% (1.5–5.0) 0.06 0.0006 CD4+CCR9+ 1% (0.6–3.4) 4% (2.5–19.5) 3.7% (2.9–6.6) 0.15 0.62 CD4+CCR4+ CCR9+ 5.2% (2.5–5.5) 13% (10–42.7) 6% (5.4–9.8) 0.01 0.01 CD103+ 4% (2.6–7.5) 6% (4.0–7.1) 33% (26.0–34.2) 0.295 0.001 CD108+ 9% (30–14.4) 23% (15.6–35.5) 76% (63.8–76.7) 0.01 0.0003 CD4+CD103+ 2% (0.9–2.8) 7% (3.3–11.0) 38% (13.8–57.2) 0.007 0.001 CD4+CD108+ 6% (1.3–7.6) 27% (14.5–29.9) 76% (69.7–84.8) 0.01 0.002
MD: Median; IQR: Interquartile range.