Expressions of NKG2D ligands MICA and MICB are increased in JIA
patients
The expressions of NKG2D ligands MICA and MICB in JIA patient subsets
and healthy controls are presented in Figure 2. The contents of sMICA
and sMICB were greatly increased in the different subgroups compared to
the healthy controls (P<0.01). No differences were evident
among the different subgroups of JIA patients (P>0.05). The
expressions of MICA and MICB on DCs were significantly increased in
paJIA and poJIA patients compared with healthy controls
(P<0.05), but no difference between systemic JIA and the
controls
(P>0.05).