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. 2012 Jan 5;106(3):546–552. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2011.575

Table 2. Immune cells according to clinical parameters of multiple myeloma patients.

      Immunoglobulin heavy chain type
Light chain type
Immune cell sub-population Stage 2 Durie–Salmon Stage 3 Durie–Salmon IgA IgG Kappa Lambda
PDC (%)
 Median 0.02 0.04 0.02 0.15 0.03 0.04
 Range 0.01–0.89 0.01–1.23 0.01–0.04 0.02–0.58 0.01–1.23 0.01–0.89
             
MDC (%)
 Median 0.15 0.16 0.14 0.15 0.16 0.16
 Range 0.04–0.58 0.01–0.69 0.01–0.69 0.02–0.58 0.01–0.69 0.03–0.40
             
Treg (%)
 Median 6.29 6.16 5.88 5.83 5.88 6.19
 Range 1.88–14.86 0.45–57.84 1.79–10.34 0.45–20.57 0.45–47.88 1.79–14.70

Abbreviations: Ig=immunoglobulin; MDC=myeloid dendritic cell; PDC=plasmacytoid dendritic cell; Treg=T regulatory cell.