Journal: bioRxiv
Article Title: Molecular Imaging of the TGF-β Activating Integrin αvβ6 Detects Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction
doi: 10.64898/2026.01.07.698265
Figure Lengend Snippet: (A, Left Panel) Representative autoradiographic images following incubation of [ 64 Cu]Cu-DOTA-A20-K16R with human explanted lung tissue sections from a patient with CLAD and Control lung tissue from a donor lung obtained prior to transplantation. Preincubation with an excess of a cold probe sharply reduces autoradiographic activity (Cold Probe/CLAD). (A, Right Panel) corresponding trichrome-stained lung sections that were incubated with radiotracer. Images are representative of independently conducted experiments, with (B) violin plots showing combined data from 3 explanted CLAD transplants with or without cold-probe blockade and 3 control lungs per group. Two-sided Mann-Whitney U t-test *p<0.05, ***p<0.001. Representative αvβ6 (C) immunohistochemical and (D) immunofluorescent staining of human explanted lungs with CLAD and control lungs (N=3/group). Arrows denote clusters of cells expressing αvβ6. Scale bars: 400 μm for 10x, 100 μm for 40x.
Article Snippet: Sections were then stained with 1:200 αvβ6 antibodies (bs-5791R, Bioss for mouse tissue; AB00891-23.0, Absolute Antibody for human tissue) overnight at 4°C.
Techniques: Incubation, Control, Transplantation Assay, Activity Assay, Staining, MANN-WHITNEY, Immunohistochemical staining, Expressing