Relationship between Helicobacter pylori Infection and Plasmacytoid and Myeloid Dendritic Cells in Peripheral Blood and Gastric Mucosa of Children

Figure 6

The relationship between the age and frequencies of dendritic cells and their subsets in H. pylori-infected and noninfected children. The relationships between the age and the frequencies of circulating total dendritic cells (tDCs), myeloid dendritic cells (mDCs), and plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) in H. pylori-infected and noninfected children were correlated by Spearman’s correlation test () (a). The relationship between the frequency of CD83⁺ myeloid dendritic cells (CD83⁺ mDCs) in peripheral blood and the density of CD11c⁺ dendritic cells (CD11c⁺ cells) in lamina propria (LP) in H. pylori-infected and noninfected children was correlated by Spearman’s correlation test () (b). IRS: immunoreactive score.

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