Journal: Frontiers in Immunology
Article Title: The CXCL9/SPP1 polarity axis in tumor-associated macrophages: immunoregulatory and prognostic significance in non-small cell lung cancer
doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2026.1763652
Figure Lengend Snippet: Validation of CXCL9 + and SPP1 + macrophage expression and polarization characteristics in lung cancer tissues. (A) Representative mIF staining for CXCL9+ TAMs and SPP1+ TAMs in lung tissue sections from the normal and LUAD tumor groups. DAPI (blue), CD68 (red), CXCL9 (yellow), SPP1 (green) are shown, along with individual and merged channels. (n = 3 per group). Scale bar, 20 μm. (B) Representative mIF staining of CXCL9+ TAMs (yellow) and SPP1+ TAMs (green) in lung tissue sections from the normal and LUAD tumor groups (n = 3 per group). Scale bar, 20 μm. (C) qRT-PCR validation of macrophage polarization. The M1 group showed high expression of Cxcl9 and iNOS, while the M2 group showed high expression of Spp1 and Arg1. Asterisks indicate statistically significant differences (*p < 0.05).
Article Snippet: After antibody stripping, the second round was performed using rabbit anti-human SPP1 monoclonal antibody (1:5000, Servicebio, Cat# GB11500) with HRP-conjugated goat anti-rabbit secondary antibody, followed by iF647-Tyramide (1:500, Servicebio, Cat# G1232).
Techniques: Biomarker Discovery, Expressing, Staining, Quantitative RT-PCR