Figure 2.

NK cell subset assessment in the peripheral blood or BAL fluid of sepsis patients. (A) Peripheral blood (number per 50 μL blood) and BAL fluid (number recovered from the total BAL lavage) CD56^bright, CD3^neg, 7AAD^neg cells were quantified by flow cytometry. (B) Peripheral blood (number per 50 μL blood) and BAL fluid (number recovered from the total BAL lavage) CD56^dim, CD3^neg, 7AAD^neg cells were quantified by flow cytometry. Statistical analysis was performed by one-way ANOVA followed by the Tukey post hoc test, where * p < 0.05, or *** p < 0.001 were considered for statistical significance.