CD86 and systemic sclerosis: Similarly, the percentage of CD86+ fibrocytes was higher in SSc patients and HSs compared with T0 (60.4 ± 25.6% vs. 34.4 ± 21.4%, and 90.7 ± 10.9% vs. 68.9 ± 27.6%, respectively) with a greater increment in SSc fibrocytes (Fig. 1b).