Characterization of the inflammatory cell infiltrate and expression of costimulatory molecules in chronic echinococcus granulosus infection of the human liver

Table 2 Density of inflammatory cells of the liver in cystic echinococcosis, steatosis and chronic hepatitis biopsy samples

	CE	SH	CH	p Value
Marker	Cells/field (mean ± SD)	Cells/field (mean ± SD)	Cells/field (mean ± SD)	CE vs. SH	CE vs. CH	SH vs. CH
CD1a	0 ± 1.1	13 ± 11.85	8 ± 9.63	0.00001	0.006	0.5
CD3	265 ± 138.66	232 ± 198.11	241 ± 143.89	0.9	0.9	0.9
CD4	29 ± 18.94	24 ± 22.86	57 ± 46.16	0.1	0.1	0.1
CD8	20 ± 50.61	17 ± 26.62	36 ± 23.27	1	0.02	0.1
FOXP3	4 ± 4.53	10 ± 8.64	20 ± 29.87	0.1	0.1	0.1
CD20	230 ± 174.86	50 ± 53.78	140 ± 128.50	0.06	0.06	0.06
CD68	101 ± 147.13	108 ± 77.47	258 ± 107.82	1	0.0006	0.05
MPO	35 ± 30.89	65 ± 28.82	133 ± 118.14	0.06	0.01	1
α-SMA	537 ± 75.63	394 ± 104.19	364 ± 130.97	0.001	0.001	1

Data are mean number of immunostained cells (M) ± SD in CE (cystic echinococcosis), SH (Steatosis), and CH (chronic hepatitis) biopsies as determined in Materials and Methods section. Value of significance (p) has been exhibited for differences between sample groups in pair
MPO Myeloperoxidase (presented in bold)

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