Research Article

Lower Frequency of CD62Lhigh and Higher Frequency of TNFR2+ Tregs Are Associated with Inflammatory Conditions in Type 1 Diabetic Patients

Table 2

The percentage and number of CD4+CD25high, CD4+CD25highCD62Lhigh, and CD4+CD25highTNFR2+ T cells.

ā€ƒā€ƒChildren with DM1Control group
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The percentage of CD4+CD25high cells (%)*1.56 (0.4/4.6)3.30 (2.5/4.9).00026
The absolute number of CD4+CD25high (cells/mm3)0.37 (0.03/4.17)1.13 (0.55/2.21).00084
The percentage of CD4+CD25high CD62Lhighcells (%)**54.3 (20.0/79.2)90.2 (76.4/94.3).00000
The absolute number of CD4+CD25high CD62Lhigh cells (cells/mm3)0.014 (0.02/2.76)1.01 (0.48/2.08).000012
The percentage of CD4+CD25highTNFR2+ cells (%)**96.9 (85.7/99.8)34.95 (21.6/46.0).0000
The absolute number of CD4+CD25highTNFR2+ cells (cells/mm3)0.27 (0.03/4.158)0.4 (0.11/1.08).26

Results are shown as median and 10th percentile/90th percentile. All the differences were calculated by the -Mann Whitney test.
*The percentage of cells among peripheral blood lymphocytes.
**The percentage of cells among CD4+CD25high lymphocytes.