Linking CD11b⁺ Dendritic Cells and Natural Killer T Cells to Plaque Inflammation in Atherosclerosis

Table 3

Spearman’s rank correlation coefficients () of associations between gene expression results within plaques or between plaques and circulating NKT cells or CD11b⁺ cDC.

6 wk of WD
	T-bet	CCR5	CCR7	Vα14-Jα18	Zbtb46	SIRPα	XCR1	Stenosis
T-bet	—	0.900	0.700	0.200	−0.200	−0.400	0.900	0.354
Stenosis	0.354	0.354	0.707	0.707	0.755	0.755	0.354	—
Vα14-Jα18	0.200	0.500	0.300	—	0.400	0.200	0.500	0.707
NKT cells	−1.000	−0.800	−1.000	−0.400	−1.000	−0.500	−0.800	−0.657
CD11b^+ DC	−0.400	0.000	−0.100	0.500	0.000	0.000	0.000	−0.251
12 wk of WD
	T-bet	CCR5	CCR7	Vα14-Jα18	Zbtb46	SIRPα	XCR1	Stenosis
T-bet	—	0.855	0.855	0.891	0.758	−0.818	0.952	−0.261
Stenosis	−0.261	−0.515	−0.393	−0.370	−0.381	0.345	−0.200	—
Vα14-Jα18	0.891	0.721	0.879	—	0.636	−0.830	0.939	−0.370
NKT cells	−0.456	−0.535	−0.426	−0.322	−0.116	0.274	−0.377	−0.189
CD11b^+ DC	−0.717	−0.733	−0.717	−0.583	−0.650	0.633	−0.733	0.400

p, plaque; b, blood.
The magnitude of the correlation coefficient determines the strength of the correlation: || > 0.7 strong correlation; 0.5 < || < 0.7 moderate correlation; || < 0.5 weak correlation.