Fig. 4

Expression of Bcl-2 family members in T cell subsets ex vivo. Flow cytometric analysis of Bcl-2 (A–B), Bcl-XL (C–D), and Mcl-1 expression (E–F) in CD4+ and CD8+ naïve (N; CD27+/CD45RA+), central memory (CM; CD27+/CD45RA-), effector memory (EM; CD27-/CD45RA-), and effector memory cells re-expressing CD45RA (EMRA; CD27-/CD45RA+) T cell subsets of healthy controls (HD; N = 13) compared to rheumatoid arthritis (RA; N = 12) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE; N = 14) ex vivo. Filled symbols represent active disease, open symbols remission. Two-way Anova test was used for statistical analyses. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001. Data are expressed as mean ± SD