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. 2023 Mar 6;29(3):646–655. doi: 10.1038/s41591-023-02216-8

Extended Data Fig. 7. Multiplex immunofluorescence (IF) images and their correlation with abundance of the immune subset inferred by CIBERSORT.

Extended Data Fig. 7

The stainings were performed in the in left, right, pre and post-NAC samples of a cohort of 6 patients (20 samples). The images A to H show the same regions of tumors stained with the whole panel (left facet) and focusing on an antibody (right facet). Markers of the panel #1 (Figures A to F) include - CD4 – CD8 – CD45RO – FOXP3 – CD20 – AE1/AE3, and markers of the panel #2 (Figures G-H) include CD68 – CD 163 – CD138 – CKIT – AE1/AE3. We used the total number of stained cells for an antibody to perform the correlation with immune subsets inferred by the deconvolution, with the following correspondence: CD8 + cells: Cytotoxic T cells; CD4 + /FOXP3 + cells: T regs; CD45RO + cells: T cells memory activated; CD20 + cells: B cells naïve; CD68 + /CD163 + cells: Macrophages M2; CD68 + cells: Macrophages M0,M1, and M2; CD138 + cells: Plasma cells. Image size is 0.67 mm×0.5 mm, and resolution is 0.4999 μm /pixel (x20). The two RD samples could not be assessed in patient #3 due to material exhaustion. Sample of primary tumor in patient #6 right tumor (tumor A) stained with the whole panel #1; B. with a highlight on CD8 + cells; C. Sample of primary tumor in patient #5 left. tumor stained with the whole panel #1; D. with a highlight on CD4 + /FOXP3 + cells; E. Sample of primary tumor in patient #2 right tumor stained with the whole panel #1; F. highlight on CD45RO + cells; G. Sample of primary tumor in patient #4 right tumor stained with the whole panel #2; H. with a highlight on CD138 + cells. Spearman correlation coefficient between the number of stained cells with one antibody, and the proportion of the corresponding immune subtype as inferred by deconvolution applied to the gene expression data; I:Absolute abundance score of cytotoxic T cells by number of CD8 + cells; J: Absolute abundance score of T Regs cells by number of CD4 + /FOXP3 + cells; K: Absolute abundance score of Memory T cells by number of CD45RO + cells; L: Absolute abundance score of B cells naïve by number of CD20 + cells; M: Absolute abundance score of Macrophages M2 by number of CD68 + /CD163 + cells; N: Absolute abundance score of Macrophages M0,M1, and M2 by number of CD68 + cells; O: Absolute abundance score of plasma cells by number of CD138 + cells; P: Absolute abundance score of Mast cells resting by number of cKIT + /CK- cells. Statistical tests were Pearson correlation coefficients (Extended Data Fig. 7I-P). The lines represent the fitted linear regression line and the colored bands represent the 95% confidence interval bands. The staining was performed once for every case. White scale (bottom right) represents 50 µm.