Research Article

Natural Killer Cells from Malignant Pleural Effusion Are Endowed with a Decidual-Like Proangiogenic Polarization

Table 1

Characteristics of all patients with pleural effusion analyzed.
(a)

Healthy controls (h)
(M: ; F: )
GenderAgeDiagnosis

1M45Healthy subject
2M61Healthy subject
3M57Healthy subject
4M57Healthy subject
5M65Healthy subject
6M46Healthy subject
7M76Healthy subject
8M46Healthy subject
9F47Healthy subject
10F59Healthy subject
11F65Healthy subject
12F70Healthy subject
13F58Healthy subject
14F62Healthy subject

Age: mean + SEM = 58.1 + 3.4.
(b)

Inflammatory pleural effusion (iPE)
(M: ; F: )
GenderAgeDiagnosis

1M64Acute pleurisy
2F74Chronic pleurisy
3M45Chronic pleurisy
4M72Chronic pleurisy
5M74Chronic pleurisy
6M80Chronic pleurisy
7M80Chronic pleurisy
8M83Chronic pleurisy
9M85Chronic pleurisy
10M59Inflammatory pleural effusion
11M72Inflammatory pleural effusion
12M77Inflammatory pleural effusion
13F75Pachypleuritis
14M65Pachypleuritis
15M69Pachypleuritis
16M71Pachypleuritis
17M75Pachypleuritis
18M79Pachypleuritis

Age: mean + SEM = 72.2 + 2.2.
(c)

Malignant primary tumor pleural effusion (ptPE)
(M: ; F: )
GenderAgeDiagnosis

1F70Epithelioid and sarcomatoid mesothelioma
2M66Epithelioid and sarcomatoid mesothelioma
3F66Epithelioid mesothelioma
4F77Epithelioid mesothelioma
5F82Epithelioid mesothelioma
6M49Epithelioid mesothelioma
7M52Epithelioid mesothelioma
8M73Epithelioid mesothelioma
9M73Epithelioid mesothelioma
10M80Epithelioid mesothelioma
11F80Epithelioid mesothelioma
12F90Mesothelioma
13M67Mesothelioma
14F72Mesothelioma
15F79Mesothelioma
16F85Mesothelioma
17M70Mesothelioma
18M79Mesothelioma

Age: mean + SEM = 72.8 + 2.5.
(d)

Malignant tumor metastasis pleural effusion (tmPE)
(M: ; F: )
GenderAgeDiagnosis

1F53Hepatocellular carcinoma
2F74Ovarian carcinoma
3M82Lung squamous cell carcinoma
4F52Breast cancer
5F64Breast cancer
6F59Unknown cell carcinoma
7F73Melanoma
8M88Neuroendocrine carcinoma
9F68Pancreatic cancer
10F49Lung adenocarcinoma
11F50Lung adenocarcinoma
12F67Lung adenocarcinoma
13F68Lung adenocarcinoma
14F69Lung adenocarcinoma
15F75Lung adenocarcinoma
16F79Lung adenocarcinoma
17F88Lung adenocarcinoma
18F91Lung adenocarcinoma
19M46Lung adenocarcinoma
20M58Lung adenocarcinoma
21M64Lung adenocarcinoma
22M70Lung adenocarcinoma
23M75Lung adenocarcinoma
24M77Lung adenocarcinoma
25M78Lung adenocarcinoma
26M79Lung adenocarcinoma
27M58Renal carcinoma

Age: mean + SEM = 68.7 + 2.4.