Table 1 Basophil surface marker expression relative to SLE disease activity

From: Prostaglandin D2 amplifies lupus disease through basophil accumulation in lymphoid organs

Chemokine or cytokine receptor analyzed

CD #

Ligand(s)

Normalized expression levels (to CT mean) on basophils from: Mean (±SE, n, P Mann−Whitney test vs CT)

   

Healthy controls (controls, CT)

Inactive SLE patients (SLEDAI ≤ 1)

Mild SLE patients (1 < SLEDAI ≤ 4)

Active SLE patients (SLEDAI > 4)

CCR1

CD191

CCL3, 5, 7, 23

1 (±0.14, 13, 1)

1.013 (±0.17, 15, 0.78)

1.199 (±0.13, 8, 0.40)

1.11 (±0.18, 19, 1)

CCR2

CD192

CCL2, 7, 8, 13, 16

1 (±0.11, 30, 1)

1.04 (±0.15, 19, 0.89)

1.03 (±0.25, 14, 0.57)

1.04 (±0.2, 20, 0.58)

CCR3

CD193

Eotaxin

1 (±0.10, 53, 1)

0.8529 (±0.10, 10, 0.4578)

1.229 (±0.27, 14, 0.5876)

0.9214 (±0.07, 38, 0.9951)

CCR4

CD194

CCL2, 4, 5, 17, 22

UD

UD

UD

UD

CCR5

CD195

CCL5, 3, 4, 3L1

1 (±0.14, 6, 1)

0.7726 (±0.09, 5, 0.43)

1.377 (±0.42, 3, 0.38)

1.031 (±0.19, 7, 0.94)

CCR6

CD196

CCL20

UD

UD

UD

UD

CCR7

CD197

CCL19, 21

UD

UD

UD

UD

CXCR1

CD181

IL-8

1 (±0.12, 25, 1)

1.104 (±0.21, 6, 0.63)

1.197 (±0.17, 6, 0.28)

1.187 (±0.27, 13, 0.90)

CXCR2

CD182

IL-8, CXCL1, 2, 3, 5

1 (±0.04, 53, 1)

1.181 (±0.12, 27, 0.85)

0.9324 (±0.08, 15, 0.21)

1.053 (±0.12, 37, 0.22)

CXCR4

CD184

CXCL12

1 (±0.05, 95, 1)

1.221** (±0.09, 32, 0.0034)

1.562** (±0.21, 24, 0.0011)

2.503**** (±0.28, 70, <0.0001)

PTGDR-2 (CRTH2)

CD294

PGD2

1 (±0.09, 101, 1)

1.730*** (±0.18, 49, 0.0003)

1.889** (±0.32, 34, 0.0045)

1.314* (±0.14, 78, 0.0251)

Endolyn

CD164

CXCR4

1 (±0.07, 62, 1)

0.8793 (±0.10, 16, 0.5792)

1.064 (±0.17, 11, 0.6424)

1.458**(±0.13, 45, 0.0025)

TSLP-R

TSLP

UD

UD

UD

UD

IL33-R

T1/ST2

IL-33

UD

UD

UD

UD

  1. SE: standard error; UD: Undetected; CD: cluster of differentiation; CT: controls; CCL: C-C motif ligand; CCR: C-C motif ligand receptor; CXCL: C-X-C motif ligan;, CXCR: C-X-C motif ligand receptor; CRTH2: chemoattractant receptor-homologous molecule expressed on Th2 cells (DP2, PTGDR-2); PGD2: prostaglandin D2; PTGDR: PGD2 receptor; TSLP: thymic stromal lymphopoietin (-R: receptor); statistical analyses were by Mann−Whitney tests. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001, ****P < 0.0001