Journal: Cell Reports Medicine
Article Title: Preclinical development of a chimeric antigen receptor T cell therapy targeting FGFR4 in rhabdomyosarcoma
doi: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2023.101212
Figure Lengend Snippet: FGFR4 is highly expressed in RMS and other cancers, with low expression in healthy tissue (A) High expression of FGFR4 mRNA is found in both FP-RMS and FN-RMS tumors and cell lines compared with other pediatric cancers and healthy tissues. Expression levels measured as FPKM (fragments per kilobase of transcript per million mapped reads) for FGFR4 are summarized in violin plots with medians and quartiles. ASPS, alveolar soft part sarcoma; CCSK, clear cell sarcoma of the kidney; DSRCT, desmoplastic small round cell tumor; EWS, Ewing sarcoma; HBL, hepatoblastoma; ML, melanoma; NB, neuroblastoma; OS, osteosarcoma; SS, synovial sarcoma; UDS, undifferentiated sarcoma; WT, Wilms tumor; YST, yolk sac tumor). (B) FGFR4 mRNA expression in TCGA data shows highest expression in liver hepatocellular carcinoma (LIHC), cholangiocarcinoma (CHOL), and individual tumors of other types. Abbreviations are as per TCGA ( https://gdc.cancer.gov/resources-tcga-users/tcga-code-tables/tcga-study-abbreviations ). (C) Representative images of immunohistochemistry (IHC) for FGFR4 show high expression in RMS, with minimum or no expression in healthy organs. H score displayed in bottom right corner, and scale bars, 200 μm. (D) Summary of membrane-staining H score of FGFR4 IHC of RMS and healthy tissues. Values represent mean ± SEM (error bars). (E) Representative flow cytometry plots show differential levels of FGFR4 expression on FP-RMS or FN-RMS cell lines. Mean fluorescence intensity (MFI) of FGFR4 on indicated RMS cells is listed in the right table, stained with phycoerythrin (PE)-conjugated anti-human FGFR4 antibody or mouse IgG1 isotype control.
Article Snippet: Recombinant mouse FGFR4 , Sino Biological , 50194-M08H.
Techniques: Expressing, Wilms Tumor Assay, Immunohistochemistry, Membrane, Staining, Flow Cytometry, Fluorescence