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24 November 2025 : Clinical Research  

Perforin Expression and Natural Killer-Cell Proportion as Biomarkers in Secondary Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis

Jujuan Wang EF 1, Xin Li BE 2, Limin Duan BC 1, Guangli Yin CG 1, Xin Gao AF 1, Hongxia Qiu G 1, Ji Xu AD 1*, Tian Tian ORCID logo AB 1

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.950615

Med Sci Monit 2025; 31:e950615

Figure 6 Subgroup analysis of immunological features based on underlying disease trigger. Immunological markers were compared between patients with lymphoma-associated hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (LHLH, n=11) and non-LHLH (n=8). The analysis includes proportions of CD8+ T cells, natural killer (NK) cells, and CD56+ T cells (A), as well as the percentage of perforin-expressing cells within each of these subsets (B). Patients in the LHLH subgroup had a significantly lower proportion of NK cells, compared with the non-LHLH subgroup (P=0.0425). No other significant differences were found between the 2 subgroups (P>0.05). Data are presented as scatter plots with each point representing an individual patient; horizontal lines indicate the median and interquartile range. Statistical significance was determined using the Mann-Whitney U test. Figure created with GraphPad Prism v8.0.

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