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. 2024 Aug 16;15:1444020. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2024.1444020

Table 1.

Tumor characteristics.

Est. 95% CI Est. 95% CI p Est. 95% CI p
Figure 1 Constant (Control) (%) PG/VG (/µM) [range 0–20 µM] Nicotine (%) [no/yes]
Scratch area covered (%) [Panel C] 16.85 (14.79, 18.91) 0.58 (0.39, 0.77) <0.001 .26 (-2.48, 3.00) 0.851
–Including interaction
-0.096 (-0.493, 0.302), p=0.638
16.62 (14.33, 18.92) 0.61 (0.37, 0.86) <0.001 1.05 (-3.24, 5.33) 0.632
Viable cells x 106 [Panel D] 5.84 (5.70, 5.98) 0.060 (0.048, 0.071) <0.001 -0.56 (-0.72, -0.39) <.001
–Including interaction
-0.039 (-0.057, -0.021), p<.001
5.71 (5.60, 5.84) 0.076 (0.064, 0.088) <0.001 -0.22 (-0.42, -0.02) 0.029
Supplementary Figure S3 PG/VG [no/yes] Nicotine (/mg/ml) [0, 6, 36 mg/ml]
Tumor bioluminescence on day 15 (p/s/cm2/sr) 935 (409, 1462) 1232 (567, 1897) <0.001 13.0 (-6.3, 32.3) 0.187
Figure 4 PG/VG [no/yes] Nicotine [no, yes (36 mg/ml)]
Tumor bioluminescence on day 14 (p/s/cm2/sr) [Panel C] 2985 (2257, 3713) 1617 (588, 2646) 0.002 857 (-172, 1886) 0.103
Metastatic nodules on day 22 (number) [Panel F] 61 (48, 74) 59 (41, 77) <0.001 86 (68, 103) <0.001
Lung weight on day 22 (mg) [Panel G] 946 (731, 1162) -76 (-390, 239) 0.637 400 (86, 714) 0.013
Figure 5
Lung infiltrating macrophage frequency within CD45+ immune cells (%) [Panel A] 38.6 (28.9, 48.2) 6.1 (-7.9, 20.2) 0.392 24.5 (10.4, 38.5) 0.001
CD8+ T cell within CD45+ immune cells (%) [Panel B] 3.93 (3.74, 4.12) -1.70 (-1.96, -1.43) <0.001 -0.53 (-0.79, -0.27) <0.001
IL-6 in lung macrophages [Panel E] 442 (140, 743) 388 (-39.1, 814.1) 0.075 2270 (1844, 2697) <0.001
TNFα in lung macrophages [Panel F] 0 (-211, 211) 100 (-199, 399) 0.512 4135 (3586, 4434) <0.001
PD-1 in lung CD8+ cells [Panel I] 20.1 (17.8, 22.3) 62.2 (59.0, 65.4) <0.001 -1.6, (-4.7, 1.6) 0.335
TNFα in lung CD8+ cells [Panel J] 964 (862, 1066) 40 (-104, 185) 0.586 2963 (2814, 3112) <0.001
Figure 6A PG/VG [no/yes] Nicotine [no, yes (36 mg/ml)]
CTLA4 (MFI) 6473 (5441, 7504) 910 (-549, 2369) 0.221 1882 (423, 3341) 0.011
PD-1 (MFI) 2486 (2069, 2902) 680 (90, 1269) 0.024 -237 (-826, 353) 0.431
TIM3 (MFI) 2 (-51, 56) 53 (-23, 129) 0.169 95 (19, 171) 0.015
LAG-3 (MFI) 969 (907. 1032) 26 (-63, 115) 0.566 -76 (-165, 12) 0.091
Figure 6C
4exh markers (%) 5.2 (4.3, 6.1) 5.4 (4.1, 6.6) <0.001 6.7 (5.5, 8.0) <0.001

Analysis done with Stata 15 mixed, REML option.