Research Article

Characterization of CD30/CD30L+ Cells in Peripheral Blood and Synovial Fluid of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis

Table 1

CD30+ and CD30L+ T cells phenotype in the peripheral blood and synovial fluid of RA patients and controls.

RA patients ()Sample CD3+
CD4+
CD3+
CD8+
CD4+
CD30+
CD4+
CD30L+
CD8+
CD30+
CD8+
CD30L+
TregTreg CD30+

Mean ± S.D.PB73.9 ± 12.523.8 ± 12.30.8 ± 0.72.9 ± 1.80.1 ± 0.22.1 ± 0.25.0 ± 3.812.5 ± 15.2
Mean ± S.D.SF58.0 ± 10.738.8 ± 11.28.6 ± 5.613.9 ± 10.40.3 ± 0.52.3 ± 3.213.8 ± 4.842.3 ± 14.7

Controls ()SampleCD3+
CD4+
CD3+
CD8+
CD4+
CD30+
CD4+
CD30L+
CD8+
CD30+
CD8+
CD30L+
TregTreg CD30+

Mean ± S.D.PB72.3 ± 9.522.3 ± 10.20.3 ± 0.53.2 ± 0.90.3 ± 0.51.7 ± 1.74.5 ± 1.84.1 ± 4.3
Mean ± S.D.SF62.0 ± 7.133.0 ± 4.20.5 ± 0.710.0 ± 1.40.5 ± 0.76.9 ± 5.84.0 ± 2.819.0 ± 11.3