Table 2.

Data obtained by FACS analysis after intracellular cytokine staining before high-dose chemotherapy

Lymphoid subpopulation	Before transplantation in % (alive vs. death)	P values
CD3 IFNγ	30 ± 5 vs. 17 ± 3	NS (0.05)
CD8 IFNγ	17 ± 5 vs. 3 ± 2	0.02
CD3 CD45RO IFNγ	19 ± 3 vs. 5 ± 1	0.007

Patients who were alive on May 01, 2010 were compared to patients who had died of progressive disease. The data depict the percentage of cytokine-positive cells in the respective T-cell subpopulation. The survivors show higher expressions of IFNγ, especially in CD45RO-positive cells, than non-survivors measured at the time point before transplantation