Fig. 5

Differences in cytokine expression levels in RA and SLE patients stratified according to low or high levels of TM9SF1 expression. RA patients: A FOXP3; B IFN-γ; C TNF-α; D IL-6; E IL-17A. SLE patients: F FOXP3; G IFN-γ; H TNF-α; I IL-6; J IL-17A. Median TM9SF1 expression levels, for RA patients: 0.29; for SLE patients: 0.40. RA, rheumatoid arthritis; SLE, systemic lupus erythematosus; FOXP3, forkhead box P3; IFN-γ, interferon-γ; TNF-α, tumor necrosis factor-α; IL-6, interleukin-6; IL-17A, interleukin-17A. (A)-(J) were analyzed by independent-samples t tests. ***P < 0.001