Research Article
Increased Abundance of Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells and Interferon-Alpha Induces Plasma Cell Differentiation in Patients of IgA Nephropathy
Table 1
Clinical and demographic features of IgAN patients and healthy controls.
| Feature | pDC | IFN-alpha | Healthy controls | IgAN patients | Healthy controls | IgAN patients |
| Gender (male/female) | 12/21 | 11/21 | 10/22 | 9/25 | Age (yr) | 33.6 ± 9.3 | 32.5 ± 9.7 | 35.8 ± 9.6 | 31.7 ± 9.3 | Serum creatinine (μM) | | 81.3 ± 32.8 | | 69 ± 24 | 24-hour proteinuria (g/24 h) | | 1.00 ± 0.78 | | 0.74 ± 0.48 | eGFR | | 98.5 ± 29.1 | | 108.4 ± 23.9 |
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