Journal: Arthritis Research & Therapy
Article Title: Differential expression pattern of Bcl-2 family members in B and T cells in systemic lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis
doi: 10.1186/s13075-023-03203-7
Figure Lengend Snippet: BH3 mimetics revealed that Mcl-1 inhibition was the most effective in reducing plasmablast viability after activation. PBMCs of healthy controls (HD; N = 3), rheumatoid arthritis (RA; N = 3), and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE; N = 4) were stimulated with 1 µg/ml ODN2006 (CpG) for 6 days followed by in vitro treatment with the Bcl-2 inhibitor venetoclax (A–C), Mcl-1 inhibitor S63845 (D–F), or dual Bcl-2/Bcl-XL inhibitor AZD4320 (G–I) for 24 h. Viability data were measured by flow cytometry using DiOC6/TO-PRO-3 staining in CD19+ naïve (N; CD27-/CD38-), memory B cells (Mem; CD27+/CD38-), and plasmablasts (PB; CD27+/CD38+). Two-way Anova test was used for statistical analyses. * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01; *** p < 0.001. Data are expressed as mean ± SEM
Article Snippet: PBMCs were stained with the antibodies specific for CD4 (Biolegend, San Diego, CA, USA), CD8 (Biolegend, San Diego, CA, USA), CD19 (BD Biosciences, San Jose, CA, USA), CD27 (BD Biosciences, San Jose, CA, USA), CD38 (BD Biosciences, San Jose, USA), CD45RA (BD Biosciences, San Jose, CA, USA), and IgD (Biolegend, San Diego, CA, USA).
Techniques: Inhibition, Activation Assay, In Vitro, Flow Cytometry, Staining