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. 2024 Sep 6;12:1434269. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2024.1434269

FIGURE 4.

FIGURE 4

Nephritis is diminished in male pSD mice and ablation of Tlr7 exacerbates lung inflammation in males. Kidneys and lungs were harvested from NOD.B10 (n = 9), NOD.B10 Tlr7+/− (n = 8), and NOD.B10 Tlr7−/− (n = 10) females. Tissues were also harvested from NOD.B10 (n = 10) and NOD.B10 Tlr7-/y (n = 11) males. (A) Representative H&E-stained images are shown. The area of tissue occupied by lymphocytes in kidney tissue is shown for (B) NOD.B10, NOD.B10 Tlr7+/− , and NOD.B10 Tlr7−/− females and NOD.B10 and NOD.B10 Tlr7-/y males. (C) Sera were harvested from NOD.B10 (n = 14) and NOD.B10 Tlr7−/− females (n = 11). Levels of β2-microglobulin were quantified by ELISA. (D) Representative H&E-stained lung tissue images are shown. The area of tissue occupied by lymphocytes in lung tissue is shown for (E) NOD.B10, NOD.B10 Tlr7+/− , and NOD.B10 Tlr7−/− females and NOD.B10 and NOD.B10 Tlr7-/y males. Horizontal lines represent mean and SEM, (**p < 0.01 for the hypothesis tests described in the statistical section).