Figure 4.
SBRT determines an increase of central-memory and effector-memory T cells. (a-c) Dot-plots showing CCR7 versus CD45RA staining, evaluated by multicolor flow cytometry, in gated CD8+ (a) and CD4+ (c) T cells from two representative patients, during and after RT. (b-d) Pooled results from 18 patients (Group1-3FRX, n = 5; Group2-20FRX, n = 6; Group3-30FRX, n = 7), showing the proportion of central-memory (CM, CCR7+CD45RA−), naïve (CCR7+CD45RA+), effector-memory (EM, CCR7−CD45RA−) and terminally-effector (EMRA, CCR7−CD45RA+) T cells, in gated CD8+ (b) and CD4+ (d) T cells (left panels) (Wilcoxon U-test). Right panels, comparison among Groups (Mann-Whitney U-test). *p ≤ .05. Abbreviation: FRX = fraction; MP = Middle point; POST = 6 months after RT.