Role of cervical dendritic cell subsets, co-stimulatory molecules, cytokine secretion profile and beta-estradiol in development of sequalae to Chlamydia trachomatis infection

Table 1 Absolute median numbers of LIN^-DR⁺ CD11c⁺ (mDCs) and LIN^-DR⁺CD123⁺ (pDCs) dendritic cells in cervix (per cervical sample) and peripheral blood (per milliliter) of Chlamydia trachomatis positive and negative women.

		CT Positive Fertile (n = 34)	CT Positive with Fertility Disorders (n = 20)	Control (n = 28)
mDCs	Blood	6300 (276–24734)^¶	8138 (175–17525)	15834 (3148–57180)
	Cervix	1254 (0–9634)^¶	1856 (21–8473)^¶	28 (0–437)
pDCs	Blood	6728 (4637–23820)^¶	2645 (969–8657)	12857 (3051–45496)
	Cervix	1849 (0–50378)^¶	3483 (54–10845)^¶#	17 (0–195)

Note: CT-Chlamydia trachomatis; ^¶P < 0.05 compared to controls; ^#P < 0.05 compared to mDCs in cervix of Chlamydia positive women

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