Journal: The Journal of Clinical Investigation
Article Title: A CD138 + tumor-associated macrophage/Siglec-F + neutrophil feed-forward loop promotes immune evasion in pancreatic cancer
doi: 10.1172/JCI199516
Figure Lengend Snippet: ( A ) Experimental design employed to evaluate the therapeutic efficacy of anti–IL-34 antibodies in conjunction with anti–PD-1 antibodies in PDAC. ( B ) Quantification of tumor weight ( n = 8 per group). ( C and D ) Quantification of Ki67 + cell counts ( C ) and the percentage of CC3 + area ( D ) per ×40 field in tumor sections ( n = 8 per group). ( E ) Overall survival probabilities of mice ( n = 8 per group). The dashed line indicates the time point when the combination therapy commenced. ( F and I ) Flow cytometry images showing CD138 + F4/80 + ( F ) and SAA3 + CXCL1 + ( I ) macrophages in the tumor tissues of mice following anti–IL-34 antibody treatment. ( G and H ) Quantification of data from F ( n = 6 per group). ( J and K ) Quantification of data from I ( n = 6 per group). ( L ) Representative plots illustrating the presence of Siglec-F + neutrophils in the tumor tissues of mice upon treatment with anti–IL-34 antibodies. ( M and N ) Quantification of data from L ( n = 6 per group). ( O ) Quantification of the frequencies of effector cell subsets among CD45 + cells in tumor tissues ( n = 6 per group). ( P and R ) Representative images depicting CD44 + CD62L – effector ( P ) and TIM3 + SLAMF6 – PD-1 + late-exhausted ( R ) CD8 + T cells within the tumor tissues. ( Q ) Quantification of data from P ( n = 6 per group). ( S ) Quantification of data from R ( n = 6 per group). ( T ) Overall survival probabilities of mice ( n = 8 per group). The dashed line indicates the time point when the combination therapy commenced. * P < 0.05, ** P < 0.01, and *** P < 0.001 by Kruskal-Wallis test with Dunn’s multiple-comparison test ( B – D , O , Q , and S ), by log-rank analysis ( E and T ), and by unpaired 2-tailed Student’s t test ( G , H , J , K , M , and N ). Data represent mean ± SEM.
Article Snippet: Mice were intraperitoneally injected with 200 μg of anti–IL-34 antibody (catalog MAB5195, R&D Systems) every other day, totaling 6 doses, starting on day 9 after the orthotopic inoculation of 5 × 10 5 KPC cells.
Techniques: Drug discovery, Flow Cytometry, Comparison