Figure 4From: Tim-3 expression on peripheral T cell subsets correlates with disease progression in hepatitis B infectionAssociation between the frequency of Tim-3+ T cells and plasma IFN-gamma level in CHB patients. (A) IFN-gamma was measured in plasma from normal controls (N = 12), AHB patients (early phase) (N = 7), MCHB patients (N = 15) and SCHB patients (N = 10). The bars represent the (95% CI) IFN-gamma level for each group and the differences among groups were analyzed using the Mann-Whitney U test. (B) Spearman correlation analysis showed there were negative associations between the frequency of Tim-3-postivie T cells and plasma IFN-gamma level.Back to article page