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Table 3 Clinical and biological characteristics of the 70 CLL patients whose samples were used in the functional verification experiments

From: BCL-2 expression promotes immunosuppression in chronic lymphocytic leukemia by enhancing regulatory T cell differentiation and cytotoxic T cell exhaustion

characteristics

N = 70

Male, n (%)

38(54.3)

Median age (range), years

57(30–87)

Binet stage, n (%)

Stage A

13(18.6)

 

Stage B/C

57(81.4)

Presence of B-symptoms, n (%)

 

12(17.1)

MBC > 5 × 109/L, n (%)

 

58(82.0)

Platelets < 100 × 109/L, n (%)

 

23(32.9)

Hemoglobin < 100 g/L, n (%)

 

15(21.4)

CD4/CD8

< 1, n (%)

16(22.9)

 

> 2.5, n (%)

9(12.9)

β2-MG > 3.5 mg/L, n (%)

 

25(35.7)

Unmutated IGHV, n (%)

 

28(40)

Del(17p) or TP53 mutation, n (%)

 

10(14.3)

Del(13q), n (%)

 

23(32.9)

Del(11q), n (%)

 

6(8.6)

Risk stratification, n (%)

low

20(28.6)

 

medium

20(28.6)

 

high

20(28.6)

 

very high

10(14.2)

  1. Abbreviations: MBC Monoclonal B cells, β2-MG β2-microglobulin, IGHV immunoglobulin heavy variable-region gene, Del delete, TP53 tumor protein 53