Journal: Translational Cancer Research
Article Title: Phagocytic remodeling in CD74 High tumor-associated macrophages during brain metastasis of lung adenocarcinoma
doi: 10.21037/tcr-2026-1-0228
Figure Lengend Snippet: Identification and characterization of CD74 High TAM subpopulations in the LT and BM microenvironments. (A) Circular UMAP visualization displaying the cluster distribution, with outer sectors quantifying cell counts and proportions for each subset. (B,C) Density plots highlighting the expression patterns of the macrophage lineage marker CD68 (B) and CD74 (C), where green intensity indicates high expression levels. (D) Validation of CD74 and CD68 co-localization in BM tissue sections via multiplex immunofluorescence staining. Representative images show the merged and single-channel expression (CD74, CD68, DAPI) at 20× magnification (scale bar: 50 µm, left panels), alongside a high-resolution view of the indicated region at 50× magnification (scale bar: 20 µm, right panels). (E) UMAP visualization of TAMs stratified by tissue origin and CD74 expression levels, categorized into five distinct subsets: LT_High (20.1%), LT_Low (7.5%), BM_High (5%), BM_Low (17.7%), and intermediate (50%). (F) Volcano plot illustrating the differential gene expression analysis between the LT_High and BM_High subsets. Red dots denote genes significantly upregulated in LT_High TAMs, while blue dots represent downregulated genes (top 10 DEGs are labeled). BM, brain metastasis; DAPI, 4',6-diamidino-2-phenylindole; DEG, differentially expressed genes; LT, lung tumor; TAM, tumor-associated macrophage; UMAP, Uniform Manifold Approximation and Projection.
Article Snippet: Nuclear counterstaining and mounting were conducted using 4',6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI) Fluoromount-GTM (Cat. No. 36308ES20; Yeasen, Shanghai, China).
Techniques: Expressing, Marker, Biomarker Discovery, Multiplex Assay, Immunofluorescence, Staining, Gene Expression, Labeling