Journal: Scientific Reports
Article Title: Expression of CARD8 in human atherosclerosis and its regulation of inflammatory proteins in human endothelial cells
doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-73600-4
Figure Lengend Snippet: Differentially regulated proteins after CARD8 knock down (CARD8 KD) in HUVECs using Olink proteomics panels. Volcano plot displaying differential protein expression in the lysate (CVD II ( A ) and CVDIII ( B ) panels) and in the culture medium [Inflammation panel ( C )]. Colors represent FDR levels (red, FDR ≤ 1%; green, FDR ≤ 5%; blue, FDR ≤ 10%; black, FDR > 10%). The labeled dots represent proteins that were differentially expressed in CARD8 knock down versus control HUVECs (FDR ≤ 10%). ( D ) The protein–protein interaction network as analyzed by String software. Proteins in the STRING software corresponds to the following: TNFRSF10B = TRAIL-R2; F2R = PAR-1; THBD = TM; TNFRSF1A = TNF-R1; TNFSF12 = TWEAK; HSPB1 = HSP27; CCL2 = MCP-1; PLAT = tPA; CXCL8 = IL-8; EIF4EBP1 = 4E-BP1; CCL7 = MCP3; ANGPT1 = ANG1: LDLR = LDL receptor; SIRPA = SHPS1; TNFRSF11B = OPG; PLAU = uPA. The red, violet and green nodes represents proteins involved in inflammatory response, cytokine-mediated signaling pathway and immune system process respectively. The colored lines represent the different possible association between the proteins. A red line indicates the presence of fusion evidence; a green line indicates neighborhood evidence; a blue line indicates co-occurrence evidence; a purple line indicates experimental evidence; a yellow line indicates text-mining evidence; a light blue line indicates database evidence; and a black line indicates co-expression evidence.
Article Snippet: The staining was performed using primary antibodies against CARD8 (PAB0281; Abnova Corp, Taipei City, Taiwan; 1:1000/Nordic BioSite AB, Täby, Sweden), CD68 (NCL‐L‐CD68, Novacastra, Newcastle, UK; 1:50), VWF (M0616; Dako, Glostrup, Denmark; 1:50) and smooth muscle actin (SMA; M0851; Dako; 1:500) diluted in Da Vinci Green (Biocare Medical) and incubated for 1 h at room temperature.
Techniques: Knockdown, Expressing, Labeling, Control, Software