Research Article
Decreased Regulatory T Cells in Vulnerable Atherosclerotic Lesions: Imbalance between Pro- and Anti-Inflammatory Cells in Atherosclerosis
Table 5
Correlation analyses of inflammatory cells, activation markers, and chemokine receptors.
| Correlation between | Correlation coefficient | value |
| Anti-inflamm. T cells | Proinflamm. cells | | | FoxP3 | CD83 |
−0.39 | 0.04 | FoxP3 | CD209 | −0.43 | 0.02 | FoxP3 | CD4 | −0.4 | 0.03 | Proinflamm. T cells | DCs | | | CD8 | Fascin | 0.55 | 0.002 | CD4 | Fascin | 0.66 | <0.001 | CD3 | Fascin | 0.41 | 0.03 | CD161 | Fascin | 0.61 | <0.001 | CD8 | CD209 | 0.67 | <0.001 | CD4 | S100 | 0.54 | 0.003 | CD3 | CD209 | 0.49 | 0.008 | CD161 | CD83 | 0.56 | 0.002 | CD161 | CD209 | 0.42 | 0.02 | CD161 | S100 | 0.44 | 0.02 | T cell activation | DC activation | | | CD25 | HLA-DR | 0.67 | <0.001 | Chemokine receptor | Proinflammatory cells | | | CCR4 | HLA-DR | 0.46 | 0.01 | CCR4 | CD3 | 0.56 | 0.002 | CCR4 | S100 | 0.45 | 0.02 | CCR4 | CD83 | 0.43 | 0.02 | CCR4 | CD209 | 0.39 | 0.04 | CCR4 | CD4 | 0.45 | 0.02 | CCR4 | CD25 | 0.48 | 0.01 | CCR4 | CD3 | 0.56 | 0.002 | Chemokine receptor | Anti-inflamm. T cell | | | CCR4 | FoxP3 | −0.38 | 0.04 |
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