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. 2016 Feb 16;35:33. doi: 10.1186/s13046-016-0304-4

Table 3.

The changes of the inflammatory cell populations in peripheral blood after chemotherapy (n = 6, %, mean ± SEM)

Cell population Peripheral blood
Control Chemo. Chemo. + ASP Chemo. + Lip Chemo. + ASP + LIP
Th 13.46 ± 3.33 12.01 ± 3.48 13.12 ± 2.16 12.98 ± 2.01 12.01 ± 1.30
CTL 10.44 ± 2.65 9.22 ± 2.65 8.11 ± 2.05 10.11 ± 3.44 9.40 ± 1.75
B cells 27.52 ± 5.01 26.04 ± 5.12 31.01 ± 5.01 22.24 ± 4.01 24.88 ± 6.27
Granulocyte 45.55 ± 7.71 32.33 ± 5.75 32.55 ± 4.66 35.46 ± 4.44 38.22 ± 4.77
13.12 ± 3.44 17.11 ± 2.52 9.11 ± 2.05 13.11 ± 4.08 14.01 ± 3.58
DC 7.34 ± 2.06 15.42 ± 2.34* 17.77 ± 4.37* 15.88 ± 1.34* 18.24 ± 2.07*
NK 6.56 ± 2.18 7.50 ± 2.04 5.44 ± 1.25 6.80 ± 1.22 7.70 ± 1.22
NKT 2.29 ± 1.40 3.01 ± 1.26 3.01 ± 0.67 3.20 ± 0.67 3.80 ± 1.04
MDSC 23.21 ± 4.29 14.70 ± 3.14* 7.20 ± 2.45** # 16.01 ± 3.24*& 9.28 ± 1.24** #
M1 7.87 ± 2.88 10.85 ± 1.45 8.58 ± 3.44 9.05 ± 2.75 11.57 ± 2.76
M2 2.91 ± 1.58 7.11 ± 1.54* 3.01 ± 1.05# 11.01 ± 2.04** # 5.22 ± 1.77

Th helper T cells, CTL cytotoxic T lymphocyte, monocyte & macrophage, DC dendritic cells, NK natural killer cells, NKT natural killer T cells, MDSC myeloid derived suppressor cells, M1 M1-polarized tumor associated macrophages, M2 M2-polarized tumor assocaited macrophages. Compared with Control group, * P < 0.05, ** P < 0.01; Compared with Chemo.group, # P < 0.05, ## P < 0.01; Compared with Chemo. + ASP group, & P < 0.05,&& P < 0.01; ANOVA analysis, SNK-q test