Circulating B cells and plasma cells in ANCA vasculitis

We performed acomprehensive immunophenotyping of peripheralblood mononuclear cells from a large cohort of therapy-naive AAV patients with rapidly progressive glomer-ulonephritis, including matched cohorts of patientswith noninflammatory chronic kidney disease (CKD)and healthy subjects.

Variable importance among subsets in identifying AAV patients using random forest analysis.