Research Article

Sickle Cell Anemia Patients Display an Intricate Cellular and Serum Biomarker Network Highlighted by TCD4+CD69+ Lymphocytes, IL-17/MIP-1β, IL-12/VEGF, and IL-10/IP-10 Axis

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Cellular and serum biomarker networks in SCA patients. Customized biomarker network layouts for SCA patients (black nodes) and HD (white nodes) were assembled to identify the relevant association between innate and adaptive cell phenotypes (a) and serum biomarkers (b) using circular distribution of nodes. Significant Spearman’s correlations at were represented by connecting edges to highlight positive (strong (; thick continuous line), moderate (; not so thick continuous line), or weak (; thin continuous line)) and negative (strong (; thick dashed line), moderate (; not so thick dashed line), or weak (; thin dashed line)) as proposed by Taylor [30].