Expression of innate immune complement regulators on brain epithelial cells during human bacterial meningitis

Table 1 History, pathology and immunostaining data of control and meningitis cases for complement regulatory proteins and cell markers.

*Gender*	*Age (yr)*	*PM interval (hours)*	*Cases*	Immunodetection of complement regulatory proteins								Inflammatory index
				CD55		CD59		CD46		CD35		HLA-II		GFAP
				CP	Ep	CP	Ep	CP	Ep	CP	Ep	CP	Ep	Ep
M	52	48	normal	+	+	+	+	+	0	0	0	++ (K)	0	+
M	86	48	normal	+	+	+	+	0	0	0	0	+ (K)	0	+
M	23	12	bacterial meningitis	++	+	++	+	++	0	+	+	++ (K)	0	+++
F	68	48	bacterial meningitis	+	++	++	++	++	++	++	+	++ (K)	0	+++
F	55	48	bacterial meningitis	+++	na	++	na	+++	na	++	na	++ (K)	0	na

Abbreviations used: CP, choroid plexus epithelial cells; Ep, ependymal cell layer; M, male; F, female; K, Kolmer cells; 0: negative; +: very few cells positive; ++: positive; +++: strongly positive. (PM, Postmortem); na: not applicable

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