FIGURE 1.
Effect of aging and obesity on the secretion of autoimmune IgG antibodies. Plasma samples were isolated from YL, EL, YO and EO individuals and analyzed by ELISA for the presence of AD-specific (A) or MDA-specific (D) IgG. B cells, isolated from the same individuals in A using magnetic beads, were stimulated for 8 days with CpG, supernatants were collected after 8 days and AD-specific (B) or MDA-specific (E) IgG were measured by ELISA. Correlations of AD-specific (C) and MDA-specific (F) IgG in plasma and culture supernatants. Mean comparisons between groups were performed by two-way ANOVA: *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001, ****p < 0.0001. Correlations were calculated by bivariate Pearson’s correlation analyses.