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Table 3 Median (range) of serological parameters and cell subsets of patients treated with MMF or CYC compared to controls

From: Differential effects of cyclophosphamide and mycophenolate mofetil on cellular and serological parameters in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

Madian (range) serological parameters and cell subsets

MMF

CYC

Controls

(number = 25)

(number = 20)

(number = 22)

anti-dsDNA (U/ml)

38 (0 to 927)

38 (0 to 7536)

28 (0 to 963)

C3c (g/L)

0.8 (0.4 to 1.1)

0.8 (0.5 to 1.5)

0.8 (0.2 to 1.4)

FLCkappa (mg/L)

19.0 (9.6 to 52.0)aab

34.9 (1.6 to 246.0)aa

26.7 (9.2 to 148.0)b

FLClambda (mg/L)

21.8 (10.0 to 47.8)b

30.2 (4.1 to 153.0)

32.8 (12.9 to 99.3)b

IgG (g/L

10.5 (4.9 to 16.3)b

11.8 (3.8 to 28.8)

13.4 (5.9 to 24.2)b

IgA (g/L)

2.1 (0.2 to 5.7)aab

3.3 (1.1 to 6.7)aa

2.8 (0.9 to 7.4)b

IgM (g/L)

0.9 (0.3 to 5.5)

1.1 (0.3 to 2.6)

1.1 (0.3 to 7.4)

lymphocytes (/μl)

800 (220 to 2160)

790 (230 to 1910)

890 (190 to 2310)

leukocytes (/μl)

6010 (2640 to 11450)

5835 (2400 to 14008)

6195 (2160 to 10700)

platelets (× 103/μl)

259 (170 to 451)bb

238 (68 to 355)

211 (47 to 325)bb

CD19 + B lymphocytes (/μl)

55.6 (2.8 to 365.0)

31.2 (4.8 to 206.1)c

103.0 (14.7 to 277.4)c

- CD27++CD38++ (/μl)

0.8 (0.0 to 7.4)aaaabb

7.3 (0.1 to 90.9)aaaa

2.5 (0.7 to 61.4)bb

- HLADRhighCD27++CD38++ (/μl)

0.4 (0.0 to 4.3)aaaabbb

4.3 (0.1 to 58.6)aaaa

1.8 (0.5 to 55.1)bbb

- HLADRlowCD27++CD38++ (/μl)

0.3 (0.0 to 3.2)aaaa

2.1 (0.0 to 32.3)aaaa

1.0 (0.2 to 6.3)

- CD27+IgD (/μl)

4.0 (1.1 to 168.1)

6.2 (0.9 to 47.2)

10.2 (3.8 to 52.6)

- CD27+IgD+ (/μl)

0.9 (0.1 to 9.0)

0.8 (0.2 to 4.1)cc

2.2 (0.4 to 7.7)cc

- CD27IgD+CD38+ (/μl)

26.2 (0.2 to 232.9)a

3.2 (0.0 to 106.4)acccc

50.7 (2.5 to 118.3)cccc

- CD27IgD (/μl)

10.0 (0.9 to 28.8)

7.0 (1.0 to 38.5)

14.2 (1.7 to 108.5)

- CD27IgD+CD38++ (/μl)

2.3 (0.0 to 59.1)

2.4 (0.1 to 82.5)

4.9 (0.2 to 48.6)

CD3 + T lymphocytes (/μl)

463.4 (79.9 to 1562.0)

469.1 (120.5 to 1263.0)

616.0 (92.7 to 1675.0)

CD4+ (/μl)

317.2 (72.7 to 1142.0)

254.9 (88.6 to 858.2)

445.7 (46.6 to 1307.0)

- CD44+CD62L (/μl)

23.4 (2.2 to 178.6)

26.5 (5.4 to 126.8)

28.5 (5.2 to 334.5)

- CD45RACD45RO+ (/μl)

105.5 (15.4 to 514.9)

120.2 (24.8 to 506.7)

148.2 (22.9 to 754.8)

- CD45RA+CD45RO (/μl)

144.5 (27.7 to 511.3)

119.6 (19.9 to 534.7)

114.9 (19.0 to 633.9)

CD8+ (/μl)

112.6 (2.0 to 538.0)

140.8 (17.2 to 334.6)

142.6 (20.9 to 618.0)

- CD44+CD62L (/μl)

21.5 (0.3 to 363.8)

33.4 (4.9 to 227.8)

15.3 (2.8 to 541.4)

- CD45RACD45RO+ (/μl)

16.1 (0.3 to 332.2)

31.5 (5.3 to 142.9)

24.6 (4.7 to 357.8)

- CD45RA+CD45RO (/μl)

77.1 (1.4 to 485.8)

80.6 (10.5 to 250.1)

86.1 (4.9 to 370.5)

CD4CD8 (/μl)

28.0 (2.2 to 97.2)

23.1 (6.2 to 98.4)

22.1 (2.9 to 174.2)

- CD44+CD62L (/μl)

5.7 (0.1 to 71.6)

6.8 (1.5 to 38.3)

6.3 (1.0 to 166.0)

- CD45RACD45RO+ (/μl)

9.2 (0.1 to 43.0)

8.5 (0.5 to 55.8)

10.9 (0.7 to 68.6)

- CD45RA+CD45RO (/μl)

17.9 (0.7 to 70.2)

12.7 (5.0 to 44.6)

13.3 (1.7 to 160.2)

CD123 + CD11c HLA-DR high PDCs (/μl)

1.8 (0.4 to 8.5)

2.0 (0.4 to 6.2)

0.8 (0.1 to 20.6)

  1. Statistically significant differences (Dunn’s multiple comparisons test) were observed between patients receiving MMF and CYC (a) or controls (b) and patients receiving CYC versus controls (c) one (P <0.05), two (P <0.01), three (P <0.001), four (P <0.0001) symbols abc. C3c: complement factor C3c; CD4+ T cells; CD4CD8: double negative T cells; CD8+ T cells; CD27++CD38++: plasmablasts and plasma cells; CD27+IgD+: pre-switched memory B cells; CD27+IgD: post-switched memory B cells; CD27IgD+CD38+: naïve B cells; CD27IgD+CD38++: transitional B cells; CD27IgD: double negative B cells; CD44+CD62L: effector T cells; CD45RA+CD45RO: naïve T cells; CD45RACD45RO+: memory T cells; CD123+CD11cHLA-DRhighPDCs: plasmacytoid dendritic cells; controls: patients with SLE not receiving MMF or CYC; CYC: cyclophosphamide; FLC: free light chains; HLADRhighCD27++CD38++: plasmablasts; HLADRlowCD27++CD38++: plasma cells; Ig: immunoglobulin; MMF: mycophenolate mofetil; SLE, systemic lupus erythematosus.