Journal: Cells
Article Title: The Effects of the Pneumonia Lung Microenvironment on MSC Function
doi: 10.3390/cells13181581
Figure Lengend Snippet: Cytokine measurement in MSC-CM exposed to pooled lung homogenate. ( a ) Lung homogenate exposure significantly increased IL-8 concentration in MSC-CM; the level of IL-8 was significantly higher in E. coli groups at 100 and 200 µg/mL than in sham groups at the same concentrations. ( b ) The level of IL-6 in MSC-CM was significantly higher in the E. coli groups than in the control and sham groups at all concentrations. ( c ) Lung homogenate exposure significantly increased the release of MCP-1 in MSC-CM; the level of MCP-1 was significantly higher in E. coli groups at 200 µg/mL than in sham groups at the same concentration. ( d ) Lung homogenate exposure significantly increased the level of VEGF-A in MSC-CM; the level of VEGF-A was significantly higher in E. coli groups at 50 and 100 µg/mL than in sham groups at the same concentrations. ( e , f ) The level of TNFR1 and TGF-β1 in MSC-CM: No significant difference was detected between any groups. Representative results of three independent experiments are shown as mean ± SD and analysed by two-way ANOVA with Šídák’s multiple comparisons test. *: p < 0.05; **: p < 0.01; ***: p < 0.001; ****: p < 0.0001; ns: no significance.
Article Snippet: The MSC conditioned media (MSC-CM) was analysed to quantify different cytokines by ELISA kits, including interleukin 8 (IL-8, cat. no. DY208 R&D Systems™, Abingdon, UK), interleukin 6 (IL-6, cat. no. DY206 R&D Systems™, Abingdon, UK), monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 (MCP-1, cat. no. DY279 R&D Systems™, Abingdon, UK), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF-A, cat. no. DY293B R&D Systems™, Abingdon, UK), tumour necrosis factor receptor 1 (TNFR1, cat. no. DY225 R&D Systems™, Abingdon, UK), and transforming growth factor beta-1 (TGF-β1, cat. no. DY240 R&D Systems™, Abingdon, UK).
Techniques: Concentration Assay, Control