Levels of Pathogenic Th17 and Th22 Cells in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis

Figure 3

Association analysis between the levels of Th17 lymphocytes or Th22 cells and clinical parameters in RA patients. The correlation analysis between the percentages of pathogenic Th17 (pTh17) and Th22 cells (a), the percentage of pTh17 cells and time of evolution of disease (b), the percentage of pTh17 cells and the Disease Activity Score 28 (DAS28) (c), the percentage of Th22 cells and time of evolution of disease (f), or DAS28 (g) is shown. and values (Spearman sum rank test) are shown. The comparisons between the levels of pTh17 or Th22 cells in patients with low and high disease activity ((d) and (h), respectively), or with the presence or not of rheumatoid factor ((e) and (i), respectively), are also shown. Horizontal lines (in (d), (e), (h), and (i)) correspond to the median and - interquartile range. RF: rheumatoid factor; ns: nonsignificant.

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