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. 2017 Nov 27;7:16428. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-16681-y

Figure 2.

Figure 2

A low frequency of somatic mutations largely contributes to self-reactivity of the isolated ANAs. (A) V mutations (nt) of the mAbs from healthy donors (HD, 3 donors, n = 69), SLE remission (SLE-R, 3 donors, n = 72), and acute patients (SLE-A, 5 donors, n = 145), and the ANA clones (n = 14). Mann-Whitney test (*P ≦ 0.05, **P ≦ 0.005). (B,C) Reversion assay in ELISA (B) and IFA (C). The reactivity of patient-derived mutated (black: SHM [+]) or reverted (red: SHM [−]) antibodies in ELISA for the respective self-antigens are shown.