Journal: bioRxiv

Article Title: Immune cells adapt to distinct stem cell niches to govern tissue homeostasis

doi: 10.64898/2026.01.28.701831

Figure Lengend Snippet: a , GeneOntlogy (GO) terms up- and down-regulated in uHF-SC upon in vivo intradermal administration of LTBR-agonist compared to isotype control injected mice. b , Normalized quantification of number of CD4 + and CD8 + T cells migrated through a transwell membrane towards the supernatant collected from uHF-SC treated with LTBR agonist or isotype control. Each dot represents one technical replicate from four independent experiments. c , Normalized quantification of number of CD8 + T cells migrated through a transwell membrane towards the supernatant collected from Bulge-SC, IFE-SC or uHF-SC treated with LTBR agonist or isotype control. Each dot represents one technical replicate from three independent experiments. d , Left: Representative max projections of whole mount immunofluorescence of the bulge, uHF and IFE compartment of wild type mice showing distribution of CD4 + cells (in white). Bulge cells are marked by Krt24 in green and upper hair follicle cells are marked by LRIG1 in light blue. Right: Quantification of the average distance of CD4 + and CD8 + T cells from Krt24 and LRIG1 quantified upon surface rendering, n =2 mice. e , qPCR analysis of Cxcl10 and Cxcl16 expression Bulge-SC, uHF-SC and IFE-SC FACS-sorted from wild type mice. Each dot represents one mouse from two independent experiments. f , Representative images of MSA plates showing bacterial colonies grown after swabbing the back skin of Ltb-CreER x R26-DTA and R26-DTA (ctrl) mice associated with S. epidermidis . Data in b and d are analysed by unpaired two-tailed Student’s t- test. Data in c and e are analysed by ordinary one-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparison post-test. p -values are indicated in each figure and data are represented as mean with SEM.

Article Snippet: When indicated, 50μg/ml of InVivoMab anti-mouse CXCL10 (IP-10, BioXcell) was added to the lower chamber.

Techniques: In Vivo, Control, Injection, Membrane, Immunofluorescence, Expressing, Two Tailed Test, Comparison

Journal: Nature Communications

Article Title: IL-17A is increased in diabetic wounds and impairs keratinocyte function via histone demethylase JMJD3

doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-67456-3

Figure Lengend Snippet: a ChIP analysis of H3K27me3 or IgG at indicated promoters in keratinocytes with (white) or without (blue) IL-17A stimulation. Itga3: n = 5 (unstimulated), n = 4 (IL-17A-stimulated) technical replicates, p = 0.0034, Timp1 : n = 3 technical replicates, p = 0.0046, Ccl20 : n = 3 technical replicates, p = 0.0059, Cxcl1 : n = 3 technical replicates, p = 0.0020, Cxcl3 : n = 3 technical replicates, p = 0.0258, Cxcl5 : n = 3 technical replicates, p = 0.0174. n = 3 independent experiments. b qPCR analysis of keratinocytes treated with DMSO only (white), with IL-17A alone (blue), or with IL-17A and GSK-J4 (1 µM) (red). Itga3 : n = 4 biological replicates, p < 0.0001 (DMSO vs. IL-17A), p = 0.0017 (IL-17A vs. IL-17A and inhibitor), Timp1: n = 6 biological replicates, p < 0.0312 (DMSO vs. IL-17A), p = 0.0029 (IL-17A vs. IL-17A and inhibitor), Ccl20: n = 3 biological replicates, p = 0.0008 (DMSO vs. IL-17A), p = 0.0428 (IL-17A vs. IL-17A and inhibitor), Cxcl1 : n = 3 biological replicates, p = 0.0003 (DMSO vs. IL-17A), p = 0.0294 (IL-17A vs. IL-17A and inhibitor), Cxcl3 : n = 3 biological replicates, p < 0.0001 (DMSO vs. IL-17A), p = 0.0003 (IL-17A vs. IL-17A and inhibitor), Cxcl5 : n = 3 biological replicates, p < 0.0001 (DMSO vs. IL-17A), p = 0.0007 (IL-17A vs. IL-17A and inhibitor), n = 3 independent experiments. c Western blot of ITGA-3 expression in keratinocytes treated with DMSO only (white), with IL-17A alone (blue), or with IL-17A and GSK-J4 (red). Representative densitometry plot is shown. n = 3 independent experiments. d Protein quantification of lysates from keratinocytes treated with DMSO only (white), with IL-17A alone (blue), or with IL-17A and GSK-J4 (red). TIMP-1: n = 6 biological replicates, p = 0.0012 (DMSO vs. IL-17A), p = 0.0068 (IL-17A vs. IL-17A and inhibitor), CCL-20: n = 3 biological replicates, p < 0.0001 (DMSO vs. IL-17A), p = 0.0199 (IL-17A vs. IL-17A and inhibitor), CXCL-1: n = 3 biological replicates, p < 0.0001 (DMSO vs. IL-17A), p = 0.0158 (IL-17A vs. IL-17A and inhibitor), CXCL-3: n = 3 biological replicates, p < 0.0001 (DMSO vs. IL-17A), p = 0.0167 (IL-17A vs. IL-17A and inhibitor), CXCL-5: n = 3 biological replicates, p < 0.0001 (DMSO vs. IL-17A), p = 0.0005 (IL-17A vs. IL-17A and inhibitor), n = 3 independent experiments. e qPCR analysis of keratinocytes treated with a non-targeting control (siNTC) (white) or si Jmjd3 (gray). Jmjd3 : n = 6 (siNTC), n = 4 biological replicates (si Jmjd3 ), p = 0.0192, Itga3: n = 6 (siNTC), n = 4 biological replicates (si Jmjd3 ), p = 0.0019, Timp1: n = 3 (siNTC), n = 4 biological replicates (si Jmjd3 ), p = 0.0205, Ccl20: n = 6 (siNTC), n = 4 biological replicates (si Jmjd3 ), p = 0.0015, Cxcl1: n = 6 (siNTC), n = 4 biological replicates (si Jmjd3 ), p = 0.0019, Cxcl3: n = 6 (siNTC), n = 4 biological replicates (si Jmjd3 ), p = 0.0011, Cxcl5: n = 6 (siNTC), n = 4 biological replicates (si Jmjd3 ), p = 0.0011, n = 3 independent experiments. f qPCR analysis of Jmjd3 fl/fl K14 cre+ (red) and Jmjd3 fl/fl K14 cre- (yellow) keratinocytes. n = 3 biological replicates, Itga3 : p = 0.0184, Timp1 : p = 0.0044, Ccl20 : p = 0.0160, Cxcl1 : p = 0.0371, Cxcl3 : p = 0.0042. n = 3 independent experiments. g , h Scratch assays of primary murine ( n = 3 biological replicates, p < 0.0001 (48 h)) and N/TERT ( n = 3 biological replicates, p = 0.0340 (12 h)) keratinocytes treated with IL-17A alone (blue) or IL-17A and GSK-J4 (red). n = 3 independent experiments. i , j Scratch assays of primary murine ( n = 3 biological replicates, p = 0.0016 (48 h)) and N/TERT ( n = 6 biological replicates (IL-17A alone), n = 4 biological replicates (IL-17A and GSK-J1), p = 0.0223 (8 h), p < 0.0001 (12 h)) keratinocytes treated with IL-17A alone (blue) or IL-17A and GSK-J1 (red). n = 3 independent experiments. k Scratch assay of Jmjd3 fl/fl K14 cre+ (red) and Jmjd3 fl/fl K14 cre- (blue) keratinocytes. n = 3 biological replicates, p = 0.0198 (48 h). n = 3 independent experiments. Data were analyzed for variances, and 2-tailed Student’s t tests for ( a ), ( e ), ( f ) and 1-way ANOVA tests for ( b ), ( d ), ( g – k ) were performed. Data are presented as the mean ± SEM.

Article Snippet: After stimulation, cell free supernatant was collected and analyzed by the University of Michigan Immune Monitoring Shared Resource Core for CCL-20, CXCL-1, CXCL-5 or specific enzyme immunoassay kits for CXCL-3 (Boster Bio) and TIMP-1 (R&D Systems) according to the manufacturer’s instructions.

Techniques: Western Blot, Expressing, Control, Wound Healing Assay