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. 2020 Oct 13;203(1):32–40. doi: 10.1111/cei.13521

Fig. 3.

Fig. 3

Relationship between disease‐specific anti‐dsDNA immunoglobulin (Ig)G autoantibody levels and natural anti‐F4 and anti‐citrate synthase (CS) IgG natural autoantibody titers in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients (n SLE = 92). Qualitative (positive, negative) anti‐dsDNA IgG results were compared to quantitative anti‐DNA topoisomerase I F4 fragment (anti‐F4) IgG and anti‐CS IgG results (expressed in arbitrary units, based on our in‐house standard), using Mann–Whitney U analysis. The levels of anti‐F4 and anti‐CS IgG antibodies were significantly increased in anti‐dsDNA IgG‐positive compared to anti‐dsDNA IgG‐negative SLE patients. Boxes show interquartile ranges (IQR); whiskers indicate lowest and highest values; horizontal lines represent medians.