Table 4 Purity of immunomagnetically separated NK (CD56+CD3-) cells from the peripheral blood of the studied groups.
From: Altered effector function of peripheral cytotoxic cells in COPD
| Â | HNS | Smokers | COPD subjects |
|---|---|---|---|
NK (CD56 + CD3 - ) cells | 96.2 (± 1.4) | 96.6 (± 0.8) | 96.8 (± 0.6) |
NKT-like (CD56 + CD3 + ) cells | 1.2 (± 0.6) | 1.0 (± 0.9) | 0.8 (± 1.2) |
Cytotoxic T cells (CD8 + ) | 0.4 (± 1.3) | 0.7 (± 0.5) | 0.6 (± 0.7) |
B cells (CD19 + ) | 0.9 (± 0.9) | 0.5 (± 0.8) | 0.9 (± 0.9) |
Helper T cells (CD4 + ) | 1.1 (± 0.3) | 0.9 (± 0.2) | 0.4 (± 1.0) |
Monocytes (CD14 + ) | 0.2 (± 1.1) | 0.3 (± 0.4) | 0.5 (± 1.3) |