Journal: The Journal of pathology
Article Title: APRIL/BAFF upregulation is associated with clonal B-cell expansion in Hunner-type interstitial cystitis.
doi: 10.1002/path.6353
Figure Lengend Snippet: Figure 1. Immune profiling of HIC-L, HIC-NL, and non-HIC samples. (A) Schematic illustration of HIC-L and HIC-NL biopsies. (B) Box plots showing the proportions of T lymphocytes, B lymphocytes, and plasma cells calculated by CIBERSORTx in HIC-L specimens (n = 37), patient- matched HIC-NL specimens (n = 37), and non-HIC specimens (n = 24). Asterisks indicate a significant difference (p < 0.05) (C) Hematoxylin and eosin staining of an FFPE section from a representative patient with HIC. (D) Images reconstructed from mass cytometry analysis of the FFPE section from the same patient. Each color indicates a different immune cell type. Blue represents unannotated cells. (E) Bar charts showing the proportion of isotypes (heavy chains) in each sample. Colored boxes in the upper panel indicate dominant isotypes. Within each dominant isotype, samples are arranged from the highest to the lowest proportion of the dominant isotype. BCG, Chr cys, and Follicular refer to BCG cystitis, chronic cystitis, and follicular cystitis, respectively. (F) Bar charts showing the proportion of isotypes (light chains) in each sample. Within each condition, samples are arranged from the highest to the lowest proportion of IgK. Dark brown and light brown boxes in the upper panel indicate IgK light chain restriction (IgK/IgL > 5.5) and IgL light chain restriction (IgK/IgL < 0.7), respectively. BCG, Bacillus Calmette–Guérin; N.S., not significant; FFPE, formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded; HIC, Hunner-type interstitial cystitis; HIC-L, Hunner lesion of Hunner-type interstitial cystitis; HIC-NL, non-Hunner lesion of Hunner-type interstitial cystitis.
Article Snippet: In brief, the FFPE section was stained using a Human Maxpar Immuno-Oncology Imaging Mass Cytometry Panel Kit (#201508; Fluidigm, South San Francisco, CA, USA) and 141Pr-CD38 (#3141018D; Fluidigm), following the manufacturer’s protocol.
Techniques: Clinical Proteomics, Staining, Mass Cytometry