Skip to main content
Figure 3 | Arthritis Research & Therapy

Figure 3

From: Type I interferon receptor controls B-cell expression of nucleic acid-sensing Toll-like receptors and autoantibody production in a murine model of lupus

Figure 3

Autoantibody production in pristane-treated IFNAR2-/- mice. Sera obtained 6 months after treatment with pristane or phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) were analyzed for levels of IgM or IgG anti-Sm/RNP (a), anti-RiboP (b), anti-ssDNA (c), or anti-Histone (d) antibodies by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Data are plotted as absorbance values for individual animals minus background. P values were determined using the Mann-Whitney t test for pristane-treated wild-type (WT) versus pristane-treated IFNAR2-/-mice and are displayed above each graph. Closed circles represent serum from PBS-treated mice, and open circles represent serum from pristane-treated mice.

IFNAR2: interferon-I receptor 2; n.s.: not significant; OD: optical density; RiboP: ribosomal phosphoprotein P0; Sm/RNP: Smith antigen/ribonucleoprotein; ssDNA: single-stranded DNA.

Back to article page

Arthritis Research & Therapy

ISSN: 1478-6362

Contact us