Journal: Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Article Title: Thymic Stromal Lymphopoietin Attenuates the Development of Atherosclerosis in ApoE −/− Mice
doi: 10.1161/JAHA.113.000391
Figure Lengend Snippet: Expression of mRNA and levels of cytokines and antibodies in vivo. A and B, Levels of plasma IFN‐γ (*** P =0.0002), IL‐4 (median with 25th and 75th percentiles; Mann–Whitney rank sum test; ** P =0.0022), IL‐12 ( # P =0.3061), and TGF‐β (median with 25th and 75th percentiles; Mann–Whitney rank sum test; ** P =0.0022) in PBS and TSLP groups. C and D, Levels of plasma IFN‐γ (* P =0.0231; ** P =0.0035), IL‐4 (median with 25th and 75th percentiles; Kruskal–Wallis test; # P =0.0506), IL‐12 ( # P =0.6422; * P =0.0217), and TGF‐β (median with 25th and 75th percentiles; Kruskal–Wallis test,;** P =0.0049) in the groups no DCs, iDC, oxLDL‐DCs, and TSLP‐DCs. E, Expression of IFN‐γ, Foxp3, TGF‐β, IL‐4 (median with 25th and 75th percentiles; Mann–Whitney rank sum test; ** P =0.0022), IL‐10 (*** P =0.0001), and IL‐12 ( # P =0.0513) mRNA in aorta in PBS and TSLP groups. F, Expression of IFN‐γ, Foxp3, TGF‐β (*** P =0.0002), IL‐4, IL‐10 (** P =0.0061), and IL‐12 ( # P =0.1682) mRNA in spleen in different groups. G, Graphs represent expression of IFN‐γ (** P =0.0012), Foxp3 (median with 25th and 75th percentiles; Kruskal–Wallis test; * P =0.0301), TGF‐β (median with 25th and 75th percentiles; Kruskal–Wallis test; * P =0.0235), IL‐4 (*** P =0.0004), IL‐10 (** P =0.0047), and IL‐12 ( # P =0.5352; *** P =0.0005) mRNA in spleens of different groups. H, Graphs represent expression of IFN‐γ (* P =0.0171), Foxp3, TGF‐β (** P =0.0045), IL‐4, IL‐10 (*** P =0.0003), and IL‐12 ( # P =0.0554) mRNA and in aorta. I, Levels of plasma IgM (median with 25th and 75th percentiles; Mann–Whitney rank sum test; * P =0.0286), IgG 1 , and IgG 2a (* P =0.0282). Six mice were analyzed for each group. Values are presented as the mean±SD. **** P <0.0001. DCs indicates dendritic cells; iDCs, immature DCs; IFN, interferon; IL, interleukin; LAP, latency‐associated peptide; OD, optical density; oxLDL, oxidized low‐density lipoprotein; SD, standard deviation; TGF‐β, transforming growth factor‐β; TSLP, thymic stromal lymphopoietin.
Article Snippet: Recombinant mouse TSLP (lot no. ELR0511061), anti‐TSLP‐biotin antibody (cat no. BAF555), and anti‐LAP‐PE antibody (lot no. AACP0809111) were from R&D Systems.
Techniques: Expressing, In Vivo, Clinical Proteomics, MANN-WHITNEY, Standard Deviation