Journal: Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences: CMLS
Article Title: LILRB4 shapes an immunosuppressive microenvironment to drive cervical cancer progression through tumor-infiltrating myeloid cell expansion and CD8 + T-cell suppression
doi: 10.1007/s00018-026-06121-4
Figure Lengend Snippet: LILRB4 is highly expressed in human CC and correlates with tumor immunosuppression. ( A ) Volcano plots showing the differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in CC and non-cancer tissues. The cut-off was |Log2FC|≥1.5 and p value < 0.05. ( B ) Heatmap demonstrating the expression of DEGs enriched in 5 terms associated with T cells. The color scale represents scaled FPKM values. ( C ) Venn diagram showing the overlapping of the DEGs for the 5 terms in ( B ). ( D ) The mRNA levels of LILRB4, GZMB, PD-1, and CTLA-4 in CC and peritumorous tissues ( n = 29). ( E ) Correlation of the mRNA expression of LILRB4 with GZMB, PD-1, and CTLA-4 in CC. ( F ) Representative immunohistochemical staining images of CD8, CD4, and CD11b in LILRB4 high and low expression samples from CC tissues
Article Snippet: The antibodies used are listed below: PE CD85k (Gp49b) Monoclonal Antibody (Thermo Scientific, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, #12-5784-80), PerCP Anti-Mouse CD45 Antibody (Elabscience, Wuhan, China, #E-AB-F1136F), APC Anti-Mouse CD3 Antibody (Elabscience, Wuhan, China, #E-AB-F1013E), PE Anti-Mouse CD8a Antibody (Elabscience, Wuhan, China, #E-AB-F1104D), Alexa FluorTM 488 Ki-67 Monoclonal Antibody (Thermo Scientific, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, #53-5698-80), FITC Anti-Mouse IFN-γ Antibody (Elabscience, Wuhan, China, #E-AB-F1101UC), FITC TNF alpha Monoclonal Antibody (Thermo Scientific, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, #11-7321-41), PE Anti-Mouse/Human CD11b Antibody (Elabscience, Wuhan, China, #E-AB-F1081D), FITC Anti-Mouse F4/80 Antibody (Elabscience, Wuhan, China, #E-AB-F0995C), APC Anti-Mouse CD163 Antibody (Elabscience, Wuhan, China, #E-AB-F1295E), FITC Anti-Mouse Ly-6G/Ly-6 C (Gr-1) Antibody (Elabscience, Wuhan, China, #E-AB-F1120C), FITC granzyme B Monoclonal Antibody (Thermo Scientific, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, #11-8898-82), FITC Anti-Mouse CD279/PD-1 Antibody (Elabscience, Wuhan, China, #E-AB-F1131C), and CTLA-4 (BioLegend, San Diego, CA, USA, #106315).
Techniques: Expressing, Immunohistochemical staining, Staining