Journal: Journal of Clinical and Translational Hepatology

Article Title: Single-cell Sequencing Reveals Neutrophil Extracellular Traps in Association with Endotheliopathy and Immunothrombosis in Hepatitis B Virus-related Acute-on-chronic Liver Failure

doi: 10.14218/JCTH.2025.00666

Figure Lengend Snippet: (A) Visualization of differentially expressed genes and pathways in neutrophils from HBV-ACLF patients and HC using the circlize R package. (B) mRNA expression levels of TLR2 and C5aR1 in neutrophils from HC, CHB, and HBV-ACLF patients. (C) Immunofluorescence images (SYTOX Green and DAPI) in neutrophils stimulated with plasma from HC, CHB, and HBV-ACLF groups. Scale bars: 50 µm. (D) Quantification of NETs release from neutrophils stimulated with plasma from HC, CHB, and HBV-ACLF groups, measured by SYTOX Green fluorescence. (E) NETs release in the presence or absence of TLR2 or C5aR1 inhibitors. * P < 0.05, *** P < 0.001, and **** P < 0.0001. NETs, neutrophil extracellular traps; HBV-ACLF, hepatitis B virus-related acute-on-chronic liver failure; TLR2, toll-like receptor 2; C5aR1, complement component 5a receptor 1; CHB, chronic hepatitis B; HC, healthy controls.

Article Snippet: In selected experiments, neutrophils were preincubated with the complement component 5a receptor 1 (C5aR1) antagonist (HY-163379; MedChemExpress) or the toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2) antagonist (HY-116213; MedChemExpress) for 30 min prior to plasma stimulation.

Techniques: Expressing, Immunofluorescence, Clinical Proteomics, Fluorescence, Virus

Journal: bioRxiv

Article Title: SARM1 is required for macrophage immunophenotype switching that is essential for nerve repair

doi: 10.64898/2026.04.07.716973

Figure Lengend Snippet: ( A ) Representative still images from live cell imaging sequences following a 2D scratch assay of WT and Sarm1-/- stimulated Mɸ. t=0 is immediately after the scratch and t=48 hours is 48 hours post-scratch. Scratch boundaries are indicated by yellow dashed lines. Scale bar = 300µm. ( B,C ) Quantification of the relative wound density of WT ( B ) or Sarm1-/- ( C ) Mɸ cultures after the scratch assay in A represented as a percentage of t=0. N=3 biological replicates. Error = SEM. *p<0.05; **p<0.01; ***p<0.005; letters (a,b,c) p<0.05. by two-way repeated measures ANOVA with Dunnett post-hoc test. Blue asterisk = mCSF compared to t=0. Green asterisk = IL-4 compared to t=0. Orange asterisk = LPS compared to t=0. a = mCSF compared to IL-4; b = mCSF compared to LPS; c = mCSF compared to IFNɣ conditions at indicated timepoints. ( D ) Representative still images from live cell imaging sequences following a 3D invasion assay in Matrigel of WT and Sarm1-/- stimulated Mɸ. t=0 immediately after the scratch and t=48 hours is 48 hours post-scratch. Scratch boundaries are indicated by yellow dashed lines. Scale bar = 300µm. ( E ) Quantification of the relative wound density of the invasion assay without C5a added (top) and with C5a added as a chemoattractant (bottom) represented as a percentage of t=0. N=2-4 biological replicates. Error = SEM. Letters (b,c) p<0.05; **p<0.01; ***p<0.005; ****p<0.001 by two-way ANOVA, main effects model with Tukey post-hoc test after simple linear regression model indicated slopes were not different. Wildtype Mɸ + C5a main effects could not be calculated because slopes were significantly different. Orange asterisk = LPS compared to t=0. b = mCSF compared to LPS; c = mCSF compared to IFNɣ conditions at indicated timepoints. ( F ) Representative images of F4/80 (green) positive Mɸ stained for Oil Red O lipids (magenta) following a myelin challenge assay. No clearance indicates a 24 hour myelin treatment and clearance indicates 24 hours of myelin treatment followed by myelin removal for 24 hours. Scale bar = 100µm. ( G ) Quantification of OilRedO intensity per Mɸ (normalized to Mɸ cell area). N = 3 biological replicates and each data point = 1 Mɸ. Mean +/- SEM is shown. Outliers were removed with ROUT Q=1. **p<0.01; ***p<0.005; ****p<0.001 by Kruskal-Wallis test with Dunn’s correction for multiple comparisons. Black asterisk = WT to Sarm1-/- comparisons. Purple asterisk = Sarm1-/- to Sarm1-/- comparisons. Blue asterisk = WT to WT comparisons.

Article Snippet: Additional media with or without recombinant mouse complement component C5a (R&D system, #2150-C5/CF) was added after incubation.

Techniques: Live Cell Imaging, Wound Healing Assay, Invasion Assay, Staining

Journal: medRxiv

Article Title: Differential virulence potential of different clades of multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae ST258

doi: 10.64898/2026.03.28.26349612

Figure Lengend Snippet: (A and B) Bacteria recovered after 30-minute exposure of 10 8 CFU/mL to 85% human serum. Limit of detection (LOD) is indicated with a dashed line. (A) 13 Clade 1 isolates and 36 Clade 2 isolates were tested, each with at least two biological replicates. (B) 6 biological replicates per strain were tested. (C and D) C3 binding to bacteria was measured using an indirect ELISA. (C) 13 Clade 1 isolates and 36 Clade 2 isolates were tested, each with at least two biological replicates. (D) 6 biological replicates were tested per strain, each with at least 5 technical replicates. (E) Correlation between C3 binding and serum survival of Clade 2 isolates was assessed using Spearman correlation. (F) Uronic acid was quantified from a selection of Clade 1 (n=6) and Clade 2 (n=10) isolates with 3 biological replicates per isolate. Significance was assessed with Welch’s t-test. (G) Correlation between uronic acid quantity and serum survival of 10 Clade 2 isolates was assessed using Spearman correlation. (H) OD-normalized bacteria were reacted with 5% human serum in PBS for 30 minutes. C5a from the supernatant of the reaction was quantified using a sandwich ELISA. At least two biological replicates per isolate were performed. For panels A-D and H, P ≤ 0.05: *, P ≤ 0.01: **, P ≤ 0.001: *** by Mann-Whitney test.

Article Snippet: C5a quantification was performed using the Human Complement Component C5a DuoSet ELISA from R&D systems.

Techniques: Bacteria, Binding Assay, Indirect ELISA, Selection, Sandwich ELISA, MANN-WHITNEY

Journal: European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery

Article Title: Multifaceted intestinal defense following experimental blunt abdominal trauma

doi: 10.1007/s00068-026-03145-0

Figure Lengend Snippet: Posttraumatic defensive pathway activation and cellular immune response in the murine jejunum. ( A ) Proteome profiler-based pathway analysis revealed activation of immune and defense-related mechanisms. The 15 pathways with the highest degree of regulation are shown. ( B, C ) Histological quantification in jejunal tissue demonstrated a significant increase of CD3 + T lymphocytes in the trauma group relative to controls. ( D ) Gene expression profiling of S100a8 showed a significant post-traumatic upregulation in traumatized mice compared to sham animals. ( E ) In contrast, no statistically significant alteration was observed in interleukin-6 (Il6) expression. ( F ) Plasma levels of C5a were unaltered by traumatic exposure. ( G ) C5a in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) was significantly increased in mice 24 h after AT compared to shams. C : n = 180 per group; D-G : n = 4–5 per group. Statistical analysis was performed using the Mann-Whitney U test, with significance defined as p < 0.05. Data are presented as mean ± standard error of the mean (SEM)

Article Snippet: To measure the concentrations of C5a in plasma and BALF, a sandwich ELISA was performed using the C5a ELISA Kit Mouse Duo Set (R&D Systems, Minneapolis, USA).

Techniques: Activation Assay, Gene Expression, Expressing, Clinical Proteomics, MANN-WHITNEY