HBV does not activate pDC.

<p><b>A</b>: PBMC were stimulated with CpG and analysed for IFNα production by pDC as described in <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0015324#s4" target="_blank"><i>Materials and Methods</i></a>. Shown is a representative FACS plot of PBMC stained for CD123 and BDCA-4 to identify pDC and the detection of IFNα positive cells within this pDC-gate. <b>B</b>: IFNα and TNFα producing pDC within PBMC cultured in the presence or absence of HepG2.215-derived HBV, CpG, HSV-1, Lox or Influenza are presented as mean±SEM of 10 independent experiments.