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

Table 4

Flow cytometric analysis of immune cells in human atherosclerotic plaques and blood.

	Blood (% within CD45^+ population)	Plaque (% within CD45^+ population)
Total DC
CD11c^+ DC	6.5 ± 0.9	2.0 ± 0.2
DC subsets
CD11b^+ cDC	2.7 ± 0.4	1.4 ± 0.2
CD16^+ moDC	3.7 ± 0.5	0.3 ± 0.1
Other leukocytes
CD14^+ Mo	0.4 ± 0.1	NA
CD68^+ Mφ	NA	1.1 ± 0.8
CD3^+ T cell	10.3 ± 1.8	5.9 ± 1.0
CD7^+ NK cell	9.5 ± 1.7	14.1 ± 1.3
CD3^+CD7^+ NKT cell	8.9 ± 1.8	6.7 ± 1.5

Mo, monocyte; Mφ, macrophage; NA, not applicable.