Impaired Clearance of Early Apoptotic Cells Mediated by Inhibitory IgG Antibodies in Patients with Primary Sjögren's Syndrome
Figure 3
Impaired MB-phagocytosis by peripheral blood (PB) phagocytes (A; monocytes B; granulocytes) and by monocyte-derived macrophages (MDM, C) obtained from SS and SLE patients, but not from RA patients.
The horizontal lines indicate the median levels in each group, whereas the numbers in boxes indicate the percentages of individuals with decreased MB-phagocytosis, as defined by the presence of MB-PhI values that were two standard deviations below the corresponding mean of HBD. Statistically significant comparisons of patient groups to HBD are shown.