Serum Levels of Joining Chain-Containing IgA1 Are Not Elevated in Patients with IgA Nephropathy

Figure 2

Comparison of serum IgA in patients with IgA nephropathy and heathy subjects. J-IgA: joining chain-containing IgA; J-IgA1: joining chain-containing IgA1; IgAN: IgA nephropathy; NC: normal control. Statistically significant differences were tested with Mann–Whitney -test.

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