Journal: Molecular Medicine Reports
Article Title: Elevated IgG levels induce an M2-to-M1 phenotypic shift in mucosal macrophages and restrict the growth of invasive sphenoid sinus pituitary adenomas
doi: 10.3892/mmr.2026.13878
Figure Lengend Snippet: IFN-γ suppresses tumor growth and invasion. (A) Cytokine profiling of co-culture supernatants via ELISAs: IFN-γ, IL-1β, IL-6, IL-10, TGF-β and TNF-α. (B-D) Spatial expression patterns of IFN-γ. (B) Immunofluorescence imaging of the invasive front in SSIT, showing DAPI (blue), IBA-1 + macrophages (red) and IFN-γ + signals (green), and grayscale intensity distribution. (C) Immunofluorescence imaging of TIM and NIM, showing DAPI (blue), IBA-1 + macrophages (red) and IFN-γ + signals (green). (D) Quantification of relative IFN-γ expression in TIM and NIM. (E) Representative Ki-67 immunohistochemistry images of SSIT cases stratified into IFN-γ-high and IFN-γ-low groups (n=5 each; median split). (F) Quantification of Ki-67 index comparing the two groups. (G) EdU staining demonstrating dose-dependent suppression of TtT/GF pituitary adenoma cell proliferation by IFN-γ (0–100 ng/ml; 48 h). (H) Representative flow cytometry histograms for cell cycle analysis of cells treated with IFN-γ (0–100 ng/ml) in the absence (0 µM) or presence (5 µM) of ruxolitinib. (I) Stacked bar plot showing the percentages of cells in the G 1 , S and G 2 /M phases under the same treatment conditions. (A) One-way ANOVA with Tukey's post hoc multiple comparisons test. (D and F) Unpaired two-tailed Student's t-test. *P<0.05, **P<0.01, ***P<0.001, ****P<0.0001. CTRL, control; DMC, digested mucosal culture; EdU, 5-ethynyl-2′-deoxyuridine; IBA-1, ionised calcium binding adaptor molecule 1; MTC, mucosal tissue culture; NIM, non-invaded mucosa; ns, not significant; PE-A, phycoerythrin-area; SSIT, sphenoid sinus-invasive tumor; TIM, tumor-invaded mucosa.
Article Snippet: Human IFN-γ, IL-1β, IL-6, IL-10, TGF-β and TNF-α levels were quantified using commercial ELISA kits (Human IFN-γ ELISA kit, cat. no. E-EL-H0108; Human IL-1β ELISA kit, cat. no. E-EL-H0149; Human IL-6 ELISA kit, cat. no. E-EL-H0102; Human IL-10 ELISA kit, cat. no. E-EL-H0103; Human TGF-β ELISA kit, cat. no. E-EL-H0110; Human TNF-α ELISA kit, cat. no. E-EL-H0109; Wuhan Elabscience Biotechnology Co., Ltd.).
Techniques: Co-Culture Assay, Expressing, Immunofluorescence, Imaging, Immunohistochemistry, Staining, Flow Cytometry, Cell Cycle Assay, Two Tailed Test, Control, Binding Assay