Journal: Stem Cell Research & Therapy
Article Title: Multiple intravenous injections of allogeneic equine mesenchymal stem cells do not induce a systemic inflammatory response but do alter lymphocyte subsets in healthy horses
doi: 10.1186/s13287-015-0050-0
Figure Lengend Snippet: Multiple allogeneic mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) injections result in changes in splenic regulatory T cell percentages. (A-D) There were no significant changes in splenic CD21 + B-cell (A) , CD4 + T-cell (B) , or CD8 + T-cell percentages (C) or CD4/CD8 ratios (D) following multiple MSC injections. (E) There were no significant changes in activated (CD25 + ) lymphocyte proportions. (F) There were significantly higher percentages of splenic FoxP3 + regulatory T cells in the horses injected with bone marrow (BM)-derived MSCs compared with horses injected with adipose tissue (AT)-derived MSCs. Data are presented as mean ± standard error of the mean. * P <0.05.
Article Snippet: The following antibodies were used: mouse-anti-equine CD3 (clone UC F6G 1:250; Jeffery Stott, University of California, Davis, CA, USA) [ ], mouse-anti-human CD21 (clone B-ly4 1:20; BD Pharmingen, San Jose, CA, USA) [ , ], polyclonal goat-anti-human CD25 (clone AF-223; R&D Systems) [ ], rat-anti-mouse/human FoxP3 (clone PCH101; ebioscience, San Diego, CA, USA) [ ], mouse-anti-CD4 (clone HB61A 1:133; VMRD, Pullman, WA, USA) [ ], mouse-anti-equine CD8 (clone F18P 1:500; J. Stott) [ ], and a donkey-anti-mouse secondary when necessary (1:50; Jackson ImmunoResearch Laboratories, Inc., West Grove, PA, USA).
Techniques: Injection, Derivative Assay