Expression of HLA-DR, CD40 and CD86 on dendritic cells (DCs) was analyzed in 43 podoconiosis patients and 34 healthy controls after they were sorted into the three DC subsets, myeloid (mDC), plasmacytoid (pDC) and cross-presenting (cp-DC) based on their CD11c, CD123 and CD141 expression respectively (see Supplementary Graph 5). Here, CD40 is linked to podoconiosis.