Fig. 1
From: Expanded circulating follicular dendritic cells facilitate immune responses in chronic HBV infection
Circulating FDCs and intrahepatic and intrasplenic FDCs frequencies are positively correlated in chronically HBV-infected patients. a Gating strategy for the identification of FDCs (CD14+CD21highFDC+) using flow cytometry. FDCs population was calculated as a percentage of CD14+ cells. b Comparison of the frequencies of circulating (n = 55), intrahepatic (n = 22) and intrasplenic (n = 17) FDCs in patients with chronic HBV infection. c The frequency of circulating FDCs was correlated with that of intrasplenic FDCs (left panel, n = 11) and intrahepatic FDCs (right panel, n = 11). ***P < 0.001. FSC-A, forward scatter; SSC-A, side scatter; Live/Dead, fixable dead cell stain