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. 2021 Nov 25;12:774780. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.774780

Table 4.

Main results regarding numbers of T cells and their subpopulations of included studies.

Author (year) CD3+ CD4+ CD8+ Treg Naive T cell Memory T cell
Silva et al. (2017a) (6) NSS ↓ CD4, CD8
Silva et al. (2017b) (28) a VLT NSS a ↓ CD4 VLT
Van den Broek et al. (2017) (7) ↓ 1-5y;
NSS >9y
↓ 1-5y ↓ 1-5y;
NSS >9y
↓ 1-5y CD4, CD8 ↓ 1-5y CD4, CD8
Gudmundsdottir et al. (2016) (9) ↓ 18m; 18y ↓ 18m; 18y ↓ CD4, CD8 NSS CD4, CD8
Van den Broek et al. (2016) (10) ↓ 1-5y;
NSS >10y
↓ 1-5y;
NSS >10y
↓ 1-5y;
NSS >10y
Zlamy et al. (2016) (29) a CD8
Elder et al. (2015) (18) a a NSS a CD4;
a CD8
NSS a CD4, CD8
Schadenberg et al. (2014) (25)
Kurobe et al. (2013) (19)
Cao et al. (2011) (20) NSS a NSS a NSS a
Van Gent et al. (2011) (16) ↓ <5y; NSS >5y ↓ <5y; NSS >5y ↓ <5y; NSS >5y, CD4, CD8 NSS <5y and >5y, CD4, CD8
Eysteinsdottir et al. (2009) (30) NSS a
Prelog et al. (2009) (23) ↓ >12y ↓ >12y ↓ >12y
Sauce et al. (2009) (24) NSS a CD4, CD8
Mancebo et al. (2008) (21) ↓ CD4, CD8 NSS CD4, CD8
Torfadottir et al. (2006) (15) ↓ CD4
Halnon et al. (2005) (26) ↓ CD4
Eysteinsdottir et al. (2004) (31) ↓ CD4, CD8 ↓ CD4, CD8
Wells et al. (1998) (22) a a NSS a NSS a CD4 NSS a CD4
Ramos et al. (1996) (32) ↓ <1y; NSS >1y ↓ <1y; NSS >1y ↓ <1y; NSS >1y
Brearley et al. (1987) (3)

Absolute numbers of B lymphocytes (7, 9, 19, 21, 31) and NK cells (9, 21, 24, 31, 32) were similar between thymectomized patients and controls.

M, months; NSS, not statistically significant; Tx, thymectomy; VLT, very low TRECs, y, years.

a

Analyzed only percentual values.

↑, higher; ↓ lower.