Journal: mBio
Article Title: Induction of myelopoiesis by Candida dubliniensis drives protective trained immunity against sepsis in a Card9-dependent manner
doi: 10.1128/mbio.02906-25
Figure Lengend Snippet: Card9 is required for protection and bone marrow expansion. ( A ) Experimental design: WT and Myd88 −/− or Card9 −/− C57BL/6 mice were immunized IP with C. dubliniensis (1.75 × 10 7 cells in B or 7 × 10 6 cells in C), followed by lethal IP polymicrobial sepsis challenge (1.75 × 10 7 C. albicans in B or 7 × 10 6 C. albicans in C + 8 × 10 7 S. aureus cells) 14 days later. ( B ) Survival of Myd88 −/− mice following lethal sepsis challenge. n = 9–10/group. ( C ) Survival of Card9 −/− mice following lethal sepsis challenge. n = 15–18/group, combined from two experiments. * P < 0.05, ** P < 0.01, log-rank test with Holm-Sidak multiple comparisons test. ( D ) Experimental design: bone marrow from WT and Card9 −/− C57BL/6 mice was isolated 1–2 days post-IP immunization with 1.75 × 10 7 C. dubliniensis cells. ( E ) C. dubliniensis BM infiltration. n = 5–6/group (WT) and n = 11/group ( Card9 −/− , combined from two experiments). ns , WT vs Card9 −/− at either time point, one-way ANOVA with Sidak’s multiple comparisons test. Data are mean ± s.e.m. ( F ) LKS cell expansion. N = 6–7/group, combined from two experiments. ** P < 0.01, **** P < 0.0001, two-way ANOVA with Sidak’s multiple comparison test. Data are expressed as fold change over naïve mice.
Article Snippet: Female C57BL/6 mice (strain #000664), B6.129- Card9 tm1Xlin /J mice (Card9 KO, strain #028652), and B6.129P2(SJL)- Myd88 tm1.1Defr /J mice (Myd88 null, strain #009088), 5–7 weeks of age, were purchased from Jackson Laboratories.
Techniques: Isolation, Comparison