Table 2.

Percentage of T-cell subsets in peripheral blood from healthy controls, patients without GvHD, and patients with acute intestinal GvHD




No GvHD

Acute GvHD
Cell type
Healthy ctrls, % of total lymphocytes
% of total lymphocytes
P vs healthy ctrls
% of total lymphocytes
P vs healthy ctrls
P vs no GvHD
CD4+/CD3+  57.4 ± 4.6   49.3 ± 6.8   NS   42.9 ± 5.5   NS   NS  
CD8+/CD3+  37.2 ± 2.7   38.9 ± 5.3   NS   55.4 ± 4.2   <.01   <.05  
CD4+CD25high/CD3+  1.0 ± 0.1   2.8 ± 0.6   <.01   0.8 ± 0.2   NS   <.001  
CD4+CD25high/CD4+  2.3 ± 0.2   8.5 ± 1.0   <.001   4.2 ± 1.1   NS   <.01  
CD4+CD25high/CD8+
 
6.4 ± 0.7
 
16.6 ± 5.4
 
NS
 
3.9 ± 1.2
 
NS
 
<.01
 



No GvHD

Acute GvHD
Cell type
Healthy ctrls, % of total lymphocytes
% of total lymphocytes
P vs healthy ctrls
% of total lymphocytes
P vs healthy ctrls
P vs no GvHD
CD4+/CD3+  57.4 ± 4.6   49.3 ± 6.8   NS   42.9 ± 5.5   NS   NS  
CD8+/CD3+  37.2 ± 2.7   38.9 ± 5.3   NS   55.4 ± 4.2   <.01   <.05  
CD4+CD25high/CD3+  1.0 ± 0.1   2.8 ± 0.6   <.01   0.8 ± 0.2   NS   <.001  
CD4+CD25high/CD4+  2.3 ± 0.2   8.5 ± 1.0   <.001   4.2 ± 1.1   NS   <.01  
CD4+CD25high/CD8+
 
6.4 ± 0.7
 
16.6 ± 5.4
 
NS
 
3.9 ± 1.2
 
NS
 
<.01
 

Analyses were performed by flow cytometry of whole blood samples from healthy controls (n = 5), as well as allografted symptomatic patients without GvHD (n = 10) and with acute GvHD (n = 16). Results are expressed as mean ± SEM.

NS indicates not significant.

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