Increased Serum Activin A Levels in Mycosis Fungoides and Sézary Syndrome

Abstract

Fig. 1. (a) Serum activin A levels in sera of all mycosis fungoides (MF)/Sézary syndrome (SS) (n = 29) patients and those of normal controls (n = 14). p = 0.012 by Mann-Whitney test. (b) Serum activin A levels in sera of stage I or IIA of MF/SS (early stage of MF/SS; n = 8) patients, those of stage IIB or more of patients with MF/SS (advanced stage of MF/SS; n = 21), and those of normal controls (n = 14). p = 0.004 by Kruskal-Wallis test. The measured values from individual patients were plotted by dots. Error bars represent standard error of the mean. (c) Correlation between serum activin A levels and serum soluble interleukin (IL)-2 receptor levels in MF/SS (n = 28). p = 0.005 by Spearman's rank correlation test. (d) Correlation between serum activin A levels and serum lactate dehydrogenase levels in MF/SS (n = 29). p = 0.014 by Spearman's rank correlation test.