Regulatory Role of B Cells and Its Subsets in Hepatitis E Virus Infection

Figure 5

Intracellular cytokine staining for TGF-β post HEV-rORF2p stimulation. Expression of TGF-β upon HEV-rORF2p stimulation on (a) B, (b) immature B, (c) mature B and (d) memory B cells were determined in 36 acute hepatitis E patients, 29 hepatitis E recovered individuals, and 51 healthy controls. The dots represent individual values and bars represent median values.

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