Journal: bioRxiv
Article Title: Immune-Epithelial Interactions via TGF-β Orchestrates Stem-Cell Niche Formation and Morphogenesis
doi: 10.1101/2025.05.22.655596
Figure Lengend Snippet: (a) Cytokine array profiling comparing co-cultures and epithelial-alone hydrogels shows elevated levels of IL-6, CXCL5, CCL2, TIMP-1, LIF, GRO-a (CXCL1), IL-8, IGFBP-1, IGFBP-2, VEGF-A, SDF-1a, and IGF-1in responder co-cultures with immune cells (n=2 patients). (b) Bar graph showing treatment of responder epithelial cells with individual (IL-6, CCL2, GRO-a (CXCL1), CXCL5, VEGF) or pooled recombinant cytokines at 2ng/ml. (n=8; ns, not significant, **p-value < 0.01, ***p-value < 0.001). (c) Bar graph showing treatment of responder epithelium with conditioned media from responder co-cultures (n=8, ns, not significant). (d) Flow cytometry analysis of patient single cells showing percent of CD45 immune cells out of all breast cells. (n=12; ns, not significant). (e) Bar graph and scatter plot showing percent of CD3 + CD4 - CD8 - double negative (DN) T cells out of all CD45 + immune cells (n=12; ***p-value < 0.001, two-tailed t-test). (f) Scatter plot showing percent of γδ T cells out of all DN T cells.
Article Snippet: For treatment with recombinant proteins IL-6 (PHC0066, Thermofisher,2ng/ml), CCL2 (279-MC-050/CF, R&D Systems, 2ng/ml), GRO-a (275-GR-010/CF, R&D Systems, 2ng/ml), CXCL5 (254-XB-025/CF, R&D Systems, 2ng/ml), VEGF (78073, Stem Cell Technologies, 2ng/ml), treatment began at timepoint 0 and continued for the entire culture period.
Techniques: Recombinant, Flow Cytometry, Two Tailed Test