Figure 3.
AAT increases proportion of activated Tregs to effector memory T cells. Tregs, Treg subsets (naïve and activated), conventional T cells (Tconv), and Tconv subsets (naïve, central memory, effector, and effector memory) were analyzed by FACS at enrollment before AAT administration (Tregs, n = 7; Tconv, n = 9) and after 2 (Tregs, n = 6; Tconv, n = 9) and 4 weeks (Tregs, n = 5; Tconv, n = 6) of AAT treatment. (A) Fold change of Tregs (CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ lymphocytes) expressed as a percentage of CD4+ helper T (Th) cells (number of Tregs/number of viable CD4+ lymphocytes) at 2 and 4 weeks after AAT treatment relative to prior treatment. (B) Fold change of activated Th cells (CD4+CD25+Foxp3loCD45− lymphocytes), naïve Tregs (CD4+CD25+Foxp3loCD45+ lymphocytes), or activated Tregs (CD4+CD25+Foxp3hiCD45− lymphocytes) expressed as a percentage of total Tregs at time points after AAT treatment relative to that observed at enrollment. (C) Fold change of cytotoxic T cells (viable CD3+CD8+CD4−), with naïve (CCR7+CD45RA+), central memory (CCR7+CD45RA−), effector (CCR7−CD45RA−), and effector memory (CCR7−CD45RA+) cells expressed as a percentage of total cytotoxic T cells at time points after AAT treatment relative to that observed at enrollment. Data represent mean values, and the error bars represent the standard errors of the mean. *P < .05.