Biomarker Analysis Revealed Distinct Profiles of Innate and Adaptive Immunity in Infants with Ocular Lesions of Congenital Toxoplasmosis
Figure 2
NK- (a) and NKT-cell subsets (b) in the peripheral blood of congenital toxoplasmosis infants (TOXO) and noninfected controls (NI). Congenital toxoplasmosis was further categorized according to the clinical ocular status, referred to as no retinochoroidal lesions (NRL), active retinochoroidal lesions (ARL), active/cicatricial retinochoroidal lesions (ACRL), and cicatricial retinochoroidal lesions (CRL). The results are expressed as scatter plots of individual values and the medians of absolute cell counts/mm3 (left side) or in box-plot format (right side), where the box stretches from the lower hinge (25th percentile) to the upper hinge (75th percentile), and the middle half represents the median of the distribution as a line across the box. Significant differences are highlighted by connecting lines, and values are shown in the figure.
