Vitronectin, a Novel Urinary Proteomic Biomarker, Promotes Cell Pyroptosis in Juvenile Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Figure 6

Clinical correlation between VTN and lymphocyte subsets. The dot plot shows the correlation between urinary VTN expression with (a) %CD19⁺ B cells, (c) % CD16⁺CD56⁺ NK cells in PBMC, and (b) %CD3⁺CD4-CD8- T cells in the whole blood of inactive JSLE patients, as well as the correlation between urinary VTN expression with (d) the ratio of %CD3⁺ T cells/%CD45⁺ lymphocytes, (e) %CD3⁺CD4⁺ helper T (Th) cells, (f) %CD3⁺CD8⁺ suppressor T (Ts) cells, (g) %CD4⁺ Th/%CD8⁺ Ts, (h) %CD16⁺CD56⁺ NK cells, and (i) absolute number of NK cells in PBMC of active JSLE patients (group 2: inactive JSLE patients, group 3: active JSLE patients).