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. 2024 Mar 10;16(4):870–884. doi: 10.1038/s44321-024-00048-8

Figure 1. Matrix detachment recapitulates fibrotic phenotypes through the TGFβ pathway.

Figure 1

(A) Graph of time to matrix detachment in RDEB (n = 15, 7 biological replicates in 2–3 technical replicates) and non-EB (n = 11, 8 biological replicates in 1–2 technical replicates). Mann–Whitney test for significance. (B) Graph of time to matrix detachment in RDEB with vehicle control (n = 16, 5 biological replicates in 3–4 technical replicates) and SB431542 (n = 11, 5 biological replicates in 2–3 technical replicates). Mann–Whitney for significance. (C) Graph of time to matrix detachment in RDEB with vehicle control (n = 11, 5 biological replicates in 2–3 technical replicates) and SIS3 (n = 7, 5 biological replicates in 1–2 technical replicates). Mann–Whitney test for significance. (D) Graph of time to matrix detachment in non-EB with vehicle control (n = 41, 7 biological replicates in 6–7 technical replicates) and exogenous TGFβ1 (n = 42, 7 biological replicates in 6–7 technical replicates). Mann–Whitney test for significance. (E) Graph of RDEB (n = 4 biological replicates) and non-EB (n = 3 biological replicates) population viability over 10 days. Paired t test for significance. (F) Graph for elastic modulus of matrix in RDEB (n = 25, 7 biological replicates in 3–4 technical replicates) and non-EB (n = 45, 6 biological replicates in 7–8 technical replicates) matrix. Unpaired t test for significance. (G) Graph for elastic modulus of matrix in RDEB with vehicle control, exogenous TGFβ, and SB431542 (3 biological replicates in 12 technical replicates) treatment. Kruskal–Wallis test with Dunn’s correction for significance. (H) Graph of total hydroxyproline amount in cell layer comparing cells and matrix (n = 5 biological replicates) and matrix only (n = 5 biological replicates). Unpaired t test for significance. (I) Graph of total hydroxyproline amount (mean ± SEM) in cell layer and media of RDEB (n = 6, 3 biological replicates in duplicate), non-EB (n = 6, 3 biological replicates in duplicate), RDEB + SB431542 (n = 6, 3 biological replicates in duplicate), and non-EB + TGFβ1 (n = 6, 3 biological replicates in duplicate) treatment. Data information: In (AH), data are presented as mean ± SEM. **P ≤ 0.01, ***P ≤ 0.001, ****P ≤ 0.0001, P > 0.05 is not significant (ns). Source data are available online for this figure.