Decreased Regulatory T Cells in Vulnerable Atherosclerotic Lesions: Imbalance between Pro- and Anti-Inflammatory Cells in Atherosclerosis

Table 5

Correlation analyses of inflammatory cells, activation markers, and chemokine receptors.

Correlation between		Correlation coefficient	value
Anti-inflamm. T cells	Proinflamm. cells
FoxP3	CD83	−0.39	0.04
FoxP3	CD209	−0.43	0.02
FoxP3	CD4	−0.4	0.03
Proinflamm. T cells	DCs
CD8	Fascin	0.55	0.002
CD4	Fascin	0.66	<0.001
CD3	Fascin	0.41	0.03
CD161	Fascin	0.61	<0.001
CD8	CD209	0.67	<0.001
CD4	S100	0.54	0.003
CD3	CD209	0.49	0.008
CD161	CD83	0.56	0.002
CD161	CD209	0.42	0.02
CD161	S100	0.44	0.02
T cell activation	DC activation
CD25	HLA-DR	0.67	<0.001
Chemokine receptor	Proinflammatory cells
CCR4	HLA-DR	0.46	0.01
CCR4	CD3	0.56	0.002
CCR4	S100	0.45	0.02
CCR4	CD83	0.43	0.02
CCR4	CD209	0.39	0.04
CCR4	CD4	0.45	0.02
CCR4	CD25	0.48	0.01
CCR4	CD3	0.56	0.002
Chemokine receptor	Anti-inflamm. T cell
CCR4	FoxP3	−0.38	0.04