Figure 2.

Aorta transcript maps reveal the specificity and territoriality of B-cell–related immune responses in artery tertiary lymphoid organs (ATLOs). A, Heatmaps of differentially expressed genes in the adventitia cluster (wild-type [WT], n=3; ApoE−/−, n=4). B, Plaque/ATLO cluster (for plaque, n=3; for ATLOs, n=4). C, Lymph node (LN) cluster (for WT and ApoE−/− LNs, n=3; for ATLO, n=4); gene ontology terms immune system process, B-cell activation, B-cell–mediated immunity, immunoglobulin, positive regulation of B-cell–mediated immunity, positive regulation of B-cell activation, B-cell differentiation, and B-cell proliferation. D, Selected genes in the LN cluster. Results represent mean±SEM. Analyses were performed using ANOVA with Benjamini–Hochberg correction. Absolute numbers of signal intensities and statistics are reported in Table I in the online-only Data Supplement. RLN indicates renal LNs.