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. 2017 Oct 26;7:14076. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-14292-1

Figure 4.

Figure 4

HFD is required for the exacerbation of psoriatic dermatitis. (a) Comparison of body weight in WT mice fed with either ND or HFD and ob/ob mice fed with ND. (b) Fold induction of Il17a mRNA in the skin of WT mice fed with ND or HFD and ob/ob mice fed with ND in the steady state, as analyzed by qRT-PCR. Results are presented relative to those of WT with ND. The average mRNA expression level in ND-fed WT mice is set as 1. (c,d) Flow cytometric analysis of T cell subsets (c) and the number of γδ TCRmid γδ T cells (d) in the whole ear skin of WT mice fed with either ND or HFD and ob/ob mice fed with ND in the steady state. (e) IMQ-induced psoriatic dermatitis in WT mice fed with either ND or HFD and ob/ob mice fed with ND assessed as change in ear swelling. Results are expressed as the mean ± SD (e) and SEM (ac). p-values were obtained by one-way ANOVA. *p ≤ 0.05. Data are from one experiment, representative of four independent experiments with three to four mice (a,c,d), three experiments with four mice (e). Data are pooled from three experiments with three to four mice (b).