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. 2024 Mar 27;628(8008):604–611. doi: 10.1038/s41586-024-07237-y

Fig. 2. CGRP regulates myeloid cell function during tissue healing.

Fig. 2

a, Analysis of neutrophil and monocyte/macrophage (Mo/Mϕ) populations by flow cytometry during tissue healing. Geometric mean of fluorescence intensity (MFI) of CD206 in macrophages was used to assess M2-like polarization. Data are plotted in kinetic line plots showing mean ± s.e.m. Skin: day 0, day 6 and day 10, n = 20; day 3, n = 22; and day 14, n = 12. Muscle: day 0, n = 16; day 3, n = 20; day 6, day 10, n = 18; and day 14, n = 10. be, Neutrophils and macrophages were treated with saline (PBS, 0 nM CGRP) or CGRP (1 or 20 nM). Results are expressed as fold change over the PBS (0 nM CGRP) group. b, Transwell migration towards CXCL1 or CCL2 with or without CGRP (n = 6–8). c, Cell death in response to CGRP and TNF plus IL-1 (neutrophils, n = 7; macrophages, n = 6). d, Macrophage efferocytosis of neutrophils after CGRP treatment with or without TNF/IL-1 (n = 4). e, Macrophage polarization determined via CD206 and arginase-1 protein expression following CGRP and IL-4/IL-13 or IL-10 treatment (n = 6). f, tdTomato+ bone marrow cells were administered systemically on day 2 post-injury. Fold change of tdTomato+ neutrophils and monocytes/macrophages in injured tissues on day 3 post-injury was assessed by flow cytometry. For efferocytosis, dead or dying tdTomato+ neutrophils were injected in skin wound borders on day 3 post-injury. Fold change of tdTomato+ endogenous monocytes/macrophages was assessed by flow cytometry 30 min post-injection (n = 6). g, Death of CD11b+ cells 3 days post-injury, assessed by TUNEL assay on injured tissue sections (n = 6). Boxes show median (centre line) and interquartile range (edges), whiskers show the range of values. Dots represent independent experiments. ae, Two-way ANOVA with Bonferroni post hoc test for pairwise comparisons. f,g, Two-tailed Student’s t-test. P values are indicated. NS, not significant.

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