Fig. 2

Correlation between the BR3⁺/CD14⁺ ratios or TACI⁺/CD14⁺ ratios and IL-6 production by BAFF-stimulated pSS monocytes. L-6 production by sBAFF-stimulated monocytes from HC (n = 16) and pSS patients (n = 34) was measured as described in the “Materials and methods” section (a). The peripheral BR3⁺/CD14⁺ ratios and TACI⁺/CD14⁺ ratios from pSS patients were calculated based on the FACS results. The concentration of IL-6 was plotted against BR3⁺/CD14⁺ (b) or TACI⁺/CD14⁺ ratio (c) for each patient. Pearson’s correlation analysis was used to examine the relationship between the parameters. A p value < 0.05 was considered significant