Figure 4. Associations between mucosal proteins and expression of immune or epithelial cell markers.
(A) Spearman correlation matrix of Ct values, total protein recovered (NanoDrop), antibody, and cytokine protein levels in nasopharyngeal fluid. (B) RNA-Seq read counts for indicated genes in pediatric and adult patients MS4A1 (CD20) (P = 0.004), CD4 (P = 0.046), CD8a (P = 0.036), CD86 (P = 0.054), KRT18 (P = 0.084), ITGA6 (P = 0.18); n = 15 adults and n = 6 pediatric patients; unpaired t test with Welch’s correction. Bars show mean ± 95% CI. *P < 0.05; **P < 0.01.