Journal: Nature Immunology
Article Title: PI16 + reticular cells in human palatine tonsils govern T cell activity in distinct subepithelial niches
doi: 10.1038/s41590-023-01502-4
Figure Lengend Snippet: a , Bar plots show the relative abundance of indicated stromal cell types among CD45 – CD235a – cells of individual patients according to different conditions and based on scRNA-seq data. Mean and SEM are indicated. P values as per Kruskal-Wallis test. ScRNA-seq data represents a total of 86,966 CD45 – CD235a – stromal cells containing 20,158 cells from n = 3 pediatric patients with OSA, 21,596 cells from n = 5 adult patients with OSA and 45,212 cells from n = 4 adult patients with tonsillitis. b , UMAP showing 126,320 CD45 – CD235a – stromal cells from 12 patients acquired at KSSG (Kantonsspital St.Gallen, St.Gallen, Switzerland) and 3 patients independently acquired at UPENN (University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA) (see Extended Data Table ) integrated over their origin. BECs, LECs, EpCs, ACTA2 + cells and PI16 + RCs as a fraction of FRCs are indicated. c , UMAP visualization of tonsillar stromal cells split by sample origin. d , Bar plot showing the relative abundance of PI16 + RCs among CD45 – CD235a – cells per condition and based on scRNAseq data. Data represents n = 5 (Pediatric,OSA), n = 6 (Adult,OSA) and n = 4 (Adult,Tonsillitis) individual patients. Mean and SEM are indicated. P values as per two-sided Wilcoxon test. e , Heatmap showing the average expression of marker genes used for characterization of FRC subsets. f , Featureplots visualizing the expression pattern of indicated cytokines and chemokines across FRCs. g , UMAP depicting re-embedded FRCs colored according to the indicated patient groups. h , Significantly enriched terms according to GO enrichment analysis based on differentially expressed genes for the indicated FRC subsets. e-h , ScRNA-seq data represents 28,571 FRCs containing 4,867 cells from n = 3 pediatric patients with OSA, 6,184 cells from n = 5 adult patients with OSA and 17,520 cells from n = 4 adult patients with tonsillitis.
Article Snippet: Anti-human CD45–APC-Cy7 (clone 2D1, 560178, 1:100), anti-human CD4–BUV395 (clone SK3, 563550, 1:200), anti-human CD8–BUV805 (clone SK1, 612889, 1:400) and anti-human CD25–BUV563 (clone 2A3, 612918, 1:400) were purchased from BD Biosciences.
Techniques: Expressing, Marker