Journal: bioRxiv
Article Title: Single-cell characterization of tumor immune landscapes in colorectal cancer humanized mice
doi: 10.64898/2026.06.01.729295
Figure Lengend Snippet: (A) UMAP of CD45 + immune cells from HIS mouse tumors, split per CMS subtype (n = 14,578 cells). (B) Boxplots showing proportions of tumor-infiltrating immune cells across major lineages (T, NK, myeloid, and B cells) stratified by CMS subtype. (C) Representative immunohistochemical staining of FFPE sections from subcutaneous HIS CRC tumors of CMS1 and CMS4 subtypes using CD4, CD8, and CD163, with corresponding boxplot quantification of CD4 + , CD8 + , and CD163 + cells expressed as cells/mm . Statistical significance was determined using a two-tailed Mann–Whitney test. Only statistically significant differences are shown (**p ≤ 0.01; ***p ≤ 0.001). (D) Dotplot of genes associated with human macrophage characterization across myeloid subsets in HIS tumors. (E) Dotplot of genes associated with human T cell exhaustion across T cell subsets in HIS tumors. Dot size indicates the proportion of cells expressing the gene, and color indicates expression level. B: B cell; T: T cell; Tn: T naive; Tm: T memory; Treg: regulatory T; CD4Tfh: CD4 + follicular helper T cell; CD4Th17: CD4 + Th17 cell; MAIT: mucosal associated invariant T; NKT: natural killer T; dnT: double negative T; NK: natural killer cell; pDC: plasmacytoid dendritic cell; mono-macs: monocytes-macrophages; cDC1: conventional dendritic cell type 1; cDC2: conventional dendritic cell type 2; UMAP: Uniform Manifold Approximation and Projection; HIS: humanized immune system; CMS: Consensus Molecular Subtype.
Article Snippet: Primary antibodies CD4 (Abcam, 1:50), CD8 (DAKO, 1:50), CD20 (DAKO, 1:500), CD56 (Monosan, 1:50), CD163 (Cell Marque Corporation, 1:25) were diluted in antibody diluent (Agilent: CD4; Ventana: CD8, CD20, CD56, CD163) and incubated in a humidified chamber.
Techniques: Immunohistochemical staining, Staining, Two Tailed Test, MANN-WHITNEY, Expressing