Journal: Cell reports
Article Title: Fibroblast-derived alarmin promotes oral wound healing by activating regulatory T cells that relay pro-angiogenic and anti-inflammatory responses
doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2025.116829
Figure Lengend Snippet: (A) Feature plots for monocyte/macrophage gene markers such as Adgre1 , Itgam , Cd68 , and Tlr2 . (B) Left: UMAP highlighting M1 (orange) and M2 (red) subclusters. Right: feature plots of anti-inflammatory genes (top; Apoe , Mrc1 , Trem2 , and Il10 ) and pro-inflammatory genes (bottom; Tnf , Il1b , Il1a , and Cxcl2 ). (C) Top: violin plots of anti-inflammatory markers such as Il10 , Il1rn , Arg1 , Apoe , and Trem2 in the M2 cluster, comparing control versus ΔIL33 Col1α2 mice. Bottom: violin plots of pro-inflammatory markers such as Il1a , Cxcl2 , Tnfrsf1b , Ctsc , and Tnfaip3 in the M1 cluster. * p .adj < 0.05, Wilcoxon rank-sum test. (D) Heatmap of communication interaction weight per strength from CellChat analysis in control and IL-33 deletion groups. Left: M2 (ligand) to other leukocyte subsets as receivers. Right: M1 (ligand) to other leukocyte subsets as receivers. (E) Feature plot showing single cell expression of Tgfbr1 and Tgfbr2 in M1 or M2 subclusters. (F) Tgfb1 mRNA (left) or protein (right) expression in Treg cells stimulated with IL-33, IL-33+ST2, or saline. (G) Histogram and quantification of Arg-1 + -expressing F4/80 + macrophages that were co-cultured with Treg cells primed with or without IL-33. Control groups received IgG, and the neutralization group received a TGF-β1 antibody, all under M2-polarizing conditions (IL-4, 0.75 ng/mL). (H) Immunofluorescence images of F4/80 (red) and CD206 (green) in day 2 oral wounds of control and ΔIL33 Col1α2 mice. Scale bar, 500 μm. Inset: original wound edge; scale bar, 20 μm. (I and J) F4/80 + CD206 + M2 macrophage numbers normalized by stromal area (I) or by total F4/80 + macrophage numbers (J), comparing control and IL-33 deletion mice. (K) Total F4/80 + macrophage numbers between groups. Data represent mean ± SEM. n = 3–4 (F and G), where each N is an independent experiment from an individual control mouse; n = 5–7 mice (I–K). Student’s t test (I–K) or one-way ANOVA and post hoc test (F and G); * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001.
Article Snippet: Rat monoclonal anti-mouse F4/80 (clone CI:A3-1) , Bio-Rad , Cat. #: MCA497APC; RRID: AB_324435.
Techniques: Control, Single Cell, Expressing, Saline, Cell Culture, Neutralization, Immunofluorescence