Fig. 5: Conventional dendritic cells were more infiltrated in affected compare with normal skin.

(a) Immunohistochemistry analysis of ZBTB46 expression in normal and affected skin from SSc patient. 12 normal skin samples and 8 affected skin samples were included in our experiments. (b) Average expression of ZBTB46 protein in normal (n = 12) and affected (n = 8) skin from SSc patient. P value was estimated by one-sided Mann–Whitney U test. The upper, centre, and lower line indicates 75% quantile +1.5 * interquartile range (IQR), 50% quantile and 25% quantile −1.5 * IQR respectively. Source data are provided as a Source Data file. (c) The expression of cDC (conventional dendritic cells) marker gene ZBTB46 in normal (n = 33, 34, 36) and SSc (n = 58, 99, 61) skin in three published datasets. P value was estimated by one-sided Mann–Whitney U test. The upper, centre, and lower line of the box indicates 75%, 50%, and 25% quantile, respectively. The upper and lower whisker of the boxplot indicates 75% quantile +1.5 * interquartile range (IQR) and 25% quantile −1.5 * IQR. Source data are provided as a Source Data file.