, Antibody Panel 4) as described in the materials and methods. Immunofluorescence images of cross sections of colons obtained from non-infected mice (Control) and chronically infected mice (Chronic) are shown in panels (A, B) , respectively. In (A, B) , a low magnification image of the entire colon is shown in the upper left, a region of interest (ROI) 1 is shown at mid-magnification in the lower left, and a high magnification image of ROI 2 is shown in shown on the right. For ROI 2, an overlay image of the 3 channels CD3 (Blue), CD4 (Green) and CD8 (Red) is shown on the top right, and the individual channels are represented below as indicated. A representative result of 3 controls and 3 infected colons is shown in this figure. LP, Lamina Propria; solid white arrow heads, double-negative T cells (CD3 + , CD4 - , CD8 - ); open arrowheads, CD3 - , CD4 - , CD8 + cells; solid pink arrowheads, CD3 - , CD4 + , CD8 - cells; solid yellow arrowheads, CD3 - , CD4 + , CD8 + cells. " width="100%" height="100%">
Journal: Frontiers in Immunology
Article Title: Double negative T cells (CD4 - /CD8 - ) are associated with Trypanosoma cruzi persistence in the mouse colon during chronic Chagas disease
doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2026.1761769
Figure Lengend Snippet: Microscopy analysis of T. cruzi infected colons. C57BL/6 mice were infected with 10 4 T. cruzi (TcCol-Nluc-RFP). Colons were isolated from control and chronically infected mice (90 dpi), processed for microscopy and stained with CD3 (Blue), CD4 (Green) and CD8 (Red) specific antibodies ( Supplementary Table 1 , Antibody Panel 4) as described in the materials and methods. Immunofluorescence images of cross sections of colons obtained from non-infected mice (Control) and chronically infected mice (Chronic) are shown in panels (A, B) , respectively. In (A, B) , a low magnification image of the entire colon is shown in the upper left, a region of interest (ROI) 1 is shown at mid-magnification in the lower left, and a high magnification image of ROI 2 is shown in shown on the right. For ROI 2, an overlay image of the 3 channels CD3 (Blue), CD4 (Green) and CD8 (Red) is shown on the top right, and the individual channels are represented below as indicated. A representative result of 3 controls and 3 infected colons is shown in this figure. LP, Lamina Propria; solid white arrow heads, double-negative T cells (CD3 + , CD4 - , CD8 - ); open arrowheads, CD3 - , CD4 - , CD8 + cells; solid pink arrowheads, CD3 - , CD4 + , CD8 - cells; solid yellow arrowheads, CD3 - , CD4 + , CD8 + cells.
Article Snippet: Antibodies were polyclonal goat IgG anti-mouse CD4 antibody (R&D Systems, MN), polyclonal rabbit IgG anti-mouse CD8 antibody (Novus Biologicals, CO), monoclonal Rat IgG2b Alexa Fluor ® 647 anti-mouse CD3 Antibody (BioLegend, CA), Donkey anti-Goat IgG (H+L) Cross-Adsorbed Secondary Antibody, Alexa FluorTM 488 (Thermo Fisher Scientific, CA), Donkey anti-Rabbit IgG (H+L) Highly Cross-Adsorbed Secondary Antibody, Alexa FluorTM 568 (Thermo Fisher Scientific, CA) ( ).
Techniques: Microscopy, Infection, Isolation, Control, Staining, Immunofluorescence