Table 1.

Percent of NK cells expressing activating and inhibitory receptors, as well as maturation markers, before and after expansion

	Before expansion (mean % SD)	After expansion (mean % SD)	p value
Nkp30	49.2 ± 20.9	93.7 ± 4.7	p < .001
Nkp44	13.6 ± 3.4	94.9 ± 4.2	p < .001
Nkp46	28.8 ± 4.8	50.8 ± 13.0	p = .0006
NKG2D	98.7 ± 1.4	99.3 ± 1.3	n.s.*
DNAM1	99.7 ± 1.3	99.4 ± 1.1	n.s.*
NKG2C	23.5 ± 20.9	54.0 ± 32.4	p = .003
CD25	7.9 ± 5.6	97.7 ± 2.2	p < .001
CD69	22.3 ± 16.4	61.5 ± 20.7	p < .001
CD57	22.1 ± 11.7	89.9 ± 18.9	p < .001
NKG2A	35.5 ± 23.7	78.7 ± 23.1	p < .001
CD158a	14.3 ± 13.8	15.9 ± 16.3	n.s.*
CD158e	12.1 ± 9.4	10.1 ± 7.8	n.s.*

* n.s. not significant