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Fig. 15 | Arthritis Research & Therapy

Fig. 15

From: Immune complexes containing scleroderma-specific autoantibodies induce a profibrotic and proinflammatory phenotype in skin fibroblasts

Fig. 15

IL-6 and IL-8 in culture supernatants from dcSSc fibroblasts incubated with SSc-ICs or NHS-ICs. dcSSc fibroblasts exposed to SSc-ICs or NHS-ICs (1:2 dilution). Poly(I:C) and LPS, at concentration of 1 μg/ml, used as positive controls. a IL-6; b IL-8. *p < 0.01, **p < 0.001, ***p < 0.0001 versus medium. ACA anti-centromeric protein antibodies, anti-Th/To anti-Th/To antibodies, ARA anti-RNA polymerase III antibodies, ATA anti-DNA topoisomerase I antibodies, IC immune complex, IL interleukin, LPS lipopolysaccharide, NHS normal healthy subjects, poly(I:C) polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid

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