Figure 1

Number of CD14, CD34, and CD133 positive cells per ml of peripheral blood. The number of peripheral blood derived mononuclear cells from 20 patients and 20 controls that stained single-positive for CD14, CD34 and CD133 and co-stained for CD34 and CD133 were quantified by fluorescence activated cell sorting and are depicted here as the amount of positively stained cells per milliliter of peripheral blood (the line represents the median; *P < 0.05; **P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001).