FIG. 3.

Membrane-bound BAFF on U937 cells and BAFF-R on Hmy2.CIR cells detected by flow cytometry. (A) Presentation of one single experiment about mBAFF expression on U937 and transfected U937 cells detected by flow cytometry. (B) Presentation of one single experiment about BAFF-R expression on Hmy2.CIR and transfected Hmy2.CIR cells detected by flow cytometry. (C) mBAFF expression on U937 and transfected U937 cells. Statistical results of triple experiments about mBAFF expression on U937 and transfected U937 cells were presented, which revealed that there was a significant decrease in mBAFF expression on HBe-U937 cells (GV166-U937 vs. HBe-U937: 87.83% vs. 73.77%, p = 0.0056). (D) Statistical results of triple experiments about BAFF-R expression on Hmy2.CIR and transfected Hmy2.CIR cells. There was no significant difference in BAFF-R expression on HBe-Hmy2.CIR cells compared with Hmy2.CIR cells. All experiments were repeated thrice independently. Differences between groups were analyzed using the independent sample Student's t-test and considered to be significant if p < 0.05. BAFF-R, B-cell activating factor receptor; mBAFF, membrane-bound BAFF. Color images available online at www.liebertpub.com/vim