Journal: Oncotarget
Article Title: Chronic NF-κB activation links COPD and lung cancer through generation of an immunosuppressive microenvironment in the lungs
doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.6562
Figure Lengend Snippet: A. Number of CD45+/CD68+ macrophages identified by flow cytometry in lungs of IKTA mice at baseline (week 0) or after dox treatment (0.1 g/L, n = 3-6 mice per group per time point, *p < 0.05 compared to the baseline). B. Representative photomicrograph of alveolar macrophages collected from IKTA after 3 weeks of dox treatment. C–I. mRNA expression for M1 markers (TNFα, CCL3) and M2 markers (Ym1, Fizz1, Arginase-1, TGFβ, IL-10) by alveolar macrophages isolated from WT and IKTA mice after 3 weeks of continuous treatment with dox. *p < 0.05. J. Total TGFβ concentration in BAL and K. IL-10 concentration in whole lung homogenates collected from WT and IKTA mice after 3 weeks of dox treatment. ND - not detected, *p < 0.05. L. CD11b + lung macrophages (MΦ) collected from WT and IKTA mice after 3 weeks of dox treatment reduce proliferation of CD4 + T cells stimulated by allogeneic bone marrow-derived dendritic cells (DC).
Article Snippet: To investigate contribution of TGFβ, IL-10 and retinoic acids in generation of Foxp3+ Tregs by alveolar macrophages, cells were co-cultured in the presence of pan-TGFβ neutralizing antibodies (10 μg/ml, clone 1D11, Genzyme Corp) [ ], anti-IL-10 antibodies (10 ug/ml, clone JES5-2A5, Biolegend) or IgG1 isotype control antibodies (Biolegend, San Diego, CA, USA) or a RALDH inhibitor, 4-(diethylamino)benzaldehyde (DEAB; 15 μM, Sigma-Aldrich) [ ], added to culture media at day 0.
Techniques: Flow Cytometry, Expressing, Isolation, Concentration Assay, Derivative Assay