Fig 5. Monocytes derived macrophages in inflamed kidney.

The proportion of CD14 positive cells that express CD16 cells is greater in kidneys with low numbers of pDC than in those with high numbers of pDC, and includes both CD14^int CD16⁺ and CD14⁺CD16⁺(central panel). The addition of 25F9, a marker for monocyte derived infiltrating macrophages and the active phagocytic marker CD68 reveals that the expanded population includes CD14 positive macrophages in addition to non-classical and intermediate monocytes, as it shown also by the scatter plot property. In here the plots of the kidney n° 2 are shown, similar results were obtained with the kidneys n° 1 and 3.