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. 2014 Oct 7;4(10):e458. doi: 10.1038/tp.2014.98

Figure 4.

Figure 4

Anti-ClpB antibodies in ED patients. Plasma levels of anti-ClpB IgG (a) and IgM (b) in healthy women (control, Ctr) and in patients with AN, BN and BED. Plasma levels of ClpB IgG (c) and IgM (d) before and after adsorption with 10−6 M α-MSH. Percentage of α-MSH crossreactive anti-ClpB IgG (e) and IgM (f). (b) Student's t-test *P<0.05. (c, d) Paired t-tests, ***P<0.001, **P<0.01. (e) Kruskal–Wallis test P<0.0001, Dunn's post test, **P<0.01, Mann–Whitney test #P<0.05. (f) Analysis of variance P=0.02, Tukey's post test *P<0.05. (mean±s.e.m., Ctr, n=65, AN, n=27 BN, n=32 and BED, n=14).