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Figure 2.

Figure 2

Decreased numbers of functional dendritic cell (DC) subsets in acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) patients. (a, b) Distribution of circulating myeloid DCs (mDCs) and plasmacytoid DCs (pDCs) in ACLF patients. (c, d) Cytokine-releasing capacity of total peripheral blood mononuclear cells induced by Toll-like receptor ligands. Boxes show the 10th, 25th, 75th and 90th percentiles and the median value (solid line) of each subset. *P<0.01 for MP patients compared with HC. §P<0.01 for CM patients compared with HC. P values are shown. CM, conservative medical managed (CM) ACLF patients; HC, healthy controls; MP, methylprednisolone (MP)-treated ACLF patients.