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. 2023 Sep 28;14:6062. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-41691-y

Fig. 2. Up-regulation of a pro-inflammatory gene signature in bone marrow niche cells after acute platelet depletion.

Fig. 2

(Related to Supplementary Fig. 3). FACS analysis and gating strategies for sorting of endothelial and stromal cells in the central bone marrow (CBM; a) and bone lining (BL; b) cell compartments of mice 1 day post platelet depletion (GPIbα antibody treatment). Control mice received isotype (IgG) control antibody. Bar diagrams represent mean ± SD frequencies (%) of each cell population among total non-hematopoietic CD45Ter119 cells. Data are from 3 mice per group in 3 (a) and 2 (b) independent experiments. *p < 0.05; ns non-significant (p > 0.05); assessed by two-sided t-test. cg RNA-sequencing analysis of the endothelial/stromal cell compartments of mice 1 day post platelet depletion. c Expression (FPKM) of genes characterizing the different niche cell populations. d Principal component analysis of normalized gene expression of the different cell populations investigated. e Number of differentially expressed (DE) genes between IgG and GPIbα treated mice (adjusted p value (q)<0.05), in each niche cell population investigated. f Volcano plots and g gene ontology (GO) terms analysis of genes differentially expressed in CBM endothelial cells (EC) and Lepr+ perivascular (PV) cells. In f, red dots indicate significantly DE genes (q < 0.05. For all panels data represent mean ± SD FPKM of 3 biological replicates from 2 independent experiments. OB osteoblasts, OBP osteoblast progenitors, PαS Pdfgrα+Sca1+ mesenchymal progenitors. See also Supplementary Fig. 3.