Cytotoxic Function and Cytokine Production of Natural Killer Cells and Natural Killer T-Like Cells in Systemic Lupus Erythematosis Regulation with Interleukin-15

Table 2

The percentages of IFN-γ and TNF-α expressing CD56^dim and CD56^bright NK cells in healthy controls (normal) and SLE patients with active and inactive disease.

			IFN-γ (%)	TNF-α (%)
CD56^dim NK cells	Normal	Media	67.7 ± 2.9	73.7 ± 2.5
		IL-15
	Inactive SLE	Media
		IL-15
	Active SLE	Media	^✝	^✝✝,##
		IL-15	^,✝	^,✝,#
CD56^bright NK cells	Normal	Media
		IL-15
	Inactive SLE	Media
		IL-15
	Active SLE	Media
		IL-15	^✝,#

and compared to media; ^✝ and ^✝✝ compared to normal; ^# and ^## compared to inactive SLE.