Research Article
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 |
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Mo, monocyte; Mφ, macrophage; NA, not applicable.
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