Figure 2  .

Calcineurin activities in the peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) with or without glucocorticosteroid (GCS) treatment and in healthy controls. Calcineurin activities were assayed in the supernatants of non-stimulated and stimulated PBMC as described in "Patients and methods". The statistical significance of the differences was calculated by Student's unpaired t test. Asterisk denotes significant difference compared with the controls.