Figure 4.
NK cell stimulation is not impacted by anti-CD47 antibody. (A) The gating strategy for flow cytometry analyses of CD107a externalization in NK cells (CD45+CD3−CD56+). PBMCs were treated or not treated with anti-CD47 antibody and stimulated with vehicle (Vehicle, top panels) or K-562 cells and IL-2 (K562/IL-2, middle panels). As a control, the target K-562 cells alone were analyzed (K562 only). (B) The gating strategy for flow cytometry analyses of TNFα intracellular staining in NK cells (CD45+CD3−CD56+). The samples as in (A) are show. (C) The data in (A) and (B) were evaluated and the significance of differences determined by Wilcoxon matched-pairs signed-ranks test (n = 6 donors). *P < 0.05 was considered significant.