Figure 2

Circulating PA28γ levels in human sera. A) Scatter dot plot of circulating PA28γ serum levels measured by sandwich ELISA in patients with cancer (n = 28), rheumatoid arthritis (RA, n = 104), Sjögren’s syndrome (SS, n = 34), adult onset Still’s disease (AOSD, n = 15) and different connective-tissue diseases (CTD, n = 66) compared with healthy controls (n = 20). Dashed line indicates the calculated cutoff value for positive response of 39.8 ng/ml PA28γ as the mean plus 3-fold standard deviation of healthy controls. The results are represented as mean PA28γ levels of duplicate wells. Medians are shown as grey lines. P-values as indicated compared with healthy control. n.s., not significant. B) Frequency of different PA28γ serum levels in healthy and pathological subjects.