Alterations of the NK cell pool in HIV/HCV co-infection
Fig 2
Frequency of circulating natural killer (NK) cells.
A) Representative dot plots of flow cytometric analyses. B) 1st panel: Frequency of circulating NK cells, displayed as percentage of vital, singlet peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) in healthy donors (n = 43), HIV mono-infected patients (HIV; n = 35), HCV mono-infected individuals (HCV; n = 39) and co-infected patients (HIV/HCV; n = 34). 2nd panel: Distribution of CD56dim and CD56bright NK cells, displayed as percentage of total NK cells in healthy donors (n = 43), HIV (n = 35), HCV (n = 39) and HIV/HCV (n = 34). * p≤0.05, ** p≤0.01, *** p≤0.001, “n.s.” non-significant.