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.

FeaturepDCIFN-alpha
Healthy controlsIgAN patientsHealthy controlsIgAN patients

Gender (male/female)12/2111/2110/229/25
Age (yr)33.6 ± 9.332.5 ± 9.735.8 ± 9.631.7 ± 9.3
Serum creatinine (μM)81.3 ± 32.869 ± 24
24-hour proteinuria (g/24 h)1.00 ± 0.780.74 ± 0.48
eGFR98.5 ± 29.1108.4 ± 23.9