Increased Abundance of Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells and Interferon-Alpha Induces Plasma Cell Differentiation in Patients of IgA Nephropathy

Figure 2

(a) Concentrations of IFN-α proteins in plasma were measured in different groups. PBMCs of different donors were prepared by ficoll-paque density centrifugation, and plasma in upper layer was harvested for ELISA analysis. . (b) Paraffin-embedded sections of tonsil from IgAN patients with tonsillitis were stained for IFN-α and TLR9 expression.

(a)

(b)