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. 2020 Jul 8;11:3410. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-17240-2

Fig. 4. Co-expression patterns of cytotoxic effectors in CD8+ T cells from SARS-COV-2 infected patients.

Fig. 4

a, b Cytolytic molecules were assessed by flow cytometry, and the proportions of CD8+ T lymphocytes co-expression of GNLY, GZMB, PRF were analyzed in HC (n = 6), mild (n = 20), and severe (n = 9) patients of SARS-COV-2 infection. Data are expressed as mean ± SD. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001, ****p < 0.0001 by two-tailed Mann–Whitney U-test for b (p = 0.002, p = 0.0004, and p = 0.0386 for GZMB+GNLY+PRF+ cells, p = 0.0006 and p = 0.0004 for GZMB+GNLY-PRF+ cells, p = 0.0459 for GZMB-GNLY+PRF+ cells, p = 0.0331, p = 0.0048, and p = 0.03 for GZMB-GNLY+PRF− cells, p = 0.0026 and p = 0.0496 for GZMB-GNLY-PRF+ cells, and p = 0.0279 and p = 0.012 for GZBM-GNLY-PRF− cells, respectively). Source data included as a Source Data File.