Research Article

NK Cell Subpopulation Is Altered and the Expression of TLR1 and TLR9 Is Decreased in Patients with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Table 1

Demographic characteristics of patients and controls.

Healthy donorsALL patients

CharacteristicPeripheral bloodPeripheral blood
ControlALL
No. of cases109
Age range (years)9.7 ± 310.5 ± 4.6
Sex (M : F)6 : 47 : 2
ALL immunophenotypeN/APro-B = 3
Pre-B = 3
T = 1
Not classifiable = 2
Blast infiltration (%)N/A78 ± 0.12%
Risk classificationN/AHigh=
standard = 1