Fig. 4

TE expression is associated with the cell composition in SLE patients. A Boxplots show the proportions of various cell types among HC, TE low and TE high patients (Up panel: NK cells resting, T cells CD4 naïve, T cells regulatory. Down panel: Neutrophils, Plasma cells, Dendritic cells activated). P-value result from the Wilcoxon signed-rank test. B Correlation between certain genes and TE score