Figure 1. Blood monocytes increase in patients with chronic liver disease and are associated with disease progression.
(A) Monocytes are defined by CD14 staining of PBMC (representative FACS plots shown). (B+C) Relative proportion of monocytes (CD14+) (B) and absolute monocyte numbers (C). (D) Association of circulating monocytes with laboratory parameters in CLD patients. *p<0.05, **p<0.001.