Defective TLR9 induced B-cell activation in BTK-deficient XLA patients. A, Surface expression of B-cell activation markers on CD19+CD27− naïve B cells of a XLA-patient harboring a BTK mutation after no stimulation or in vitro stimulation with F(ab′)2 anti-IgM or TLR9 ligand CpG for two days. B, Quantification of CD86 and CD69 expression on CD19+CD27− naïve B cells of healthy controls (n=23) or XLA-patients (n=3) after in vitro stimulation with the TLR9 ligand CpG for two days. Each bar represents the mean ± SEM frequency.
C, Surface expression of the B-cell activation markers CD69 and CD86 on purified CD19+CD10+CD27− new emigrant/transitional or CD19+CD10−CD27− mature naïve B cells from a healthy control after in vitro stimulation as described above.