Figure 4

Expression of protein tyrosine phosphatase, non-receptor type 22 (PTPN22) isoforms in healthy donors and patients with lupus. (A and B) RNA was prepared from whole blood of healthy individuals (N = 15) and patients with lupus described in Table 1. The RNA was subjected to real-time PCR using PTPN22 isoform-specific primers. The transcript level thus obtained was normalized against that of β-actin obtained from the same sample and is shown in A. The relative level of PTPN22 isoforms is shown in B. Statistical significance was determined with Student’s t test. ns stands for not significant. *P <0.05; **P <0.005.