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. 2016 Nov 9;2(2):67–80. doi: 10.1016/j.cdtm.2016.09.001

Table 1.

Comparisons of Tregs in chronic HBV infection, HC and other HBV-related liver diseases.

Markers Positions Comparisons of Treg frequencies References
CD4+CD45RAFoxp3low PBT and IHT ACLF > AsC and CHB 46
CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ PBT ACLF > CHB 47
CD4+CD25+ PBT ACLF = AHB 48
ACLF > CHB and HC
CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ PBT ACLF > CHB and HC 49, 50
CD4+CD25+ PBT ACLF > CHB and HC 28, 51
TIT ACLF > CHB and HC
CD4+CD45RAFoxp3high PBT and IHT CHB > HC 46
ACLF > AsC
CD4+CD25high PBT ACLF > CHB and HC 52
CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ PBT CHB > HC 53, 54
CD4+Foxp3+ PBT and IHT CHB > HC 55
CD25+CD127low/− PBT CHB > AsC, inactive HBsAg carriers and HC 44
CD4+CD25+ PBT CHB > HC 42
CD4+CD39+Foxp3+ PBT AsC > ACLF, CHB and HC 56
CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ IHT CHB > HC and resolved HBV 57
IHT AsC > HC and resolved HBV
CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ PBT AHB > CHB > HC 27
CD4+CD25high PBT CHB > AHB and HC 9
CD4+CD127low CD25hi-int PBT CHB > HC 58, 59
CD4+CD25+ PBT CHB > HC 60, 61
CD4+CD25high PBT CHB > AHB and HC 28, 30, 62
CD4+CD25high CTLA-4+ PBT CHB = HC 63
CD4+CD25+ PBT CHB = HC 64

Tregs: regulatory T-cells; HBV: hepatitis B virus; HC: healthy control; CD: cluster of differentiation; Foxp3: forkhead box protein 3; PBT: peripheral blood Tregs; IHT: intrahepatic Tregs; ACLF: acute-on-chronic liver failure; AsC: asymptomatic carriers; CHB: chronic hepatitis B; TIT: tumor infiltrating Tregs; AHB: acute hepatitis B; CTLA-4: cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen-4; >: significantly higher; <: significantly lower; =: no significant difference.