Figure 5.

Longitudinal effects of immunotherapy on CSF BAFF and serum APRIL. (A) CSF BAFF pre- and post-treatment with ACTH-based combination immunotherapy. Group means with SEM and percent reduction are shown to either side of the line plot. (B) ACTH-based immunotherapy without rituximab. Comparisons were made by paired t tests. (C) ACTH-based immunotherapy with rituximab. Pre-treatment means in Figures B and C did not differ significantly; neither did post-treatment means. (D) Pre- and post-IVIg treatment serum APRIL. (E) Data from 1 g/kg IVIg dose. (F) Data from 2 g/kg IVIg dose. No significant differences were found between pre-treatment means or between post-treatment means in Figures E and F.