Journal: Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Article Title: Unraveling CCL20's role by regulating Th17 cell chemotaxis in experimental autoimmune prostatitis
doi: 10.1111/jcmm.18445
Figure Lengend Snippet: The recruitment of Th17 cells by CCL20. (A, D) Counting Th17 cells chemoattracted by CCL20 through transwell assay. (B) Immunohistochemical staining of IL‐17A on paraffin‐embedded prostate sections in each group. (C) Assessment of cell viability of Th17 cells after treatment with rCCL20 or anti‐CCL20 neutralizing antibodies. (E) Semi‐quantitative analysis of CCL20 in Immunohistochemical staining. (F) Quantitative analysis of IL‐17A in the serum of mice determined by ELISA. (G, H) Flow cytometry analysis of CD4 + IL‐17A + cells in the prostate. (I–K) The expression level of IL‐17A and CCR6 in the prostate tissues determined by Western Blot. (L) Relative expression of IL‐17A and CCR6 in the prostate measured by RT‐qPCR. Representative data from three independent experiments are shown. (M, N) Quantitative analysis of inflammatory cytokines (IL‐17A, IL‐17F, IL‐22, IFN‐γ, TNF‐α, GM‐CSF) in the serum and prostate of mice determined by ELISA. Data were presented as mean ± SD and were analysed using one‐way anova analysis. ‘N.D.’ Not Determined; ‘ns’ p > 0.05; * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01; *** p < 0.001.
Article Snippet: The cytokines levels in serum of mice were measured by employing the Elisa kit for IL‐17A (Elabscience, E‐EL‐M0047c), IL‐17F (Multi‐Science, EK2196), IL‐22 (Elabscience, E‐EL‐M2446), IFN‐γ (Elabscience, E‐EL‐M0048), TNF‐α (Elabscience, E‐EL‐M3063), GM‐CSF (Elabscience, E‐MSEL‐M0022) and CCL20 (Elabscience, E‐EL‐M0013).
Techniques: Transwell Assay, Immunohistochemical staining, Staining, Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay, Flow Cytometry, Expressing, Western Blot, Quantitative RT-PCR