Table 6 Purity of immunomagnetically separated CD8+T lymphocytes 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 | 2.0 (± 0.5) | 1.4 (± 1.4) | 1.2 (± 1.0) |
NKT-like (CD56 + CD3 + ) cells | 1.5 (± 1.1) | 0.8 (± 1.2) | 0.9 (± 1.2) |
Cytotoxic T cells (CD8 + ) | 94.7 (± 1.4) | 95.0 (± 1.2) | 96.0 (± 0.4) |
B cells (CD19 + ) | 0.2 (± 0.8) | 0.9 (± 0.1) | 0.8 (± 0.9) |
Helper T cells (CD4 + ) | 0.9 (± 0.9) | 1.1 (± 1.0) | 0.6 (± 0.6) |
Monocytes (CD14 + ) | 0.7 (± 0.8) | 0.8 (± 0.7) | 0.5 (± 1.0) |