Figure 2.
Percentage of major Th, Tcyt, and Treg subsets (gating strategy based on CD45R0 and CD62L expression). Note. SAS (black circles, n = 38), severe aortic stenosis; MAS (black squares, n = 33), moderate aortic stenosis; HV (black triangles, n = 30), healthy volunteers. Naïve (CD45R0−CD62L+); CM, central memory (CD45R0+CD62L+); EM, effector memory (CD45R0+CD62L−); TEMRA, terminally differentiated CD45RA-positive effector memory (CD45R0−CD62L−); Treg, regulatory T cells. Differences between groups were evaluated by using nonparametric Mann–Whitney U-test.