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. 2020 Jan 10;11:179. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-13984-8

Fig. 4. FXII is expressed by skin and blood neutrophils in FACAS.

Fig. 4

a Representative image from serial sections of the lesional skin of FACAS patient ca. 1 h after cold exposure. FXII immunoreactivity is restricted to neutrophils at perivascular sites and within blood vessels (white arrows), n = 2 technical replicates. b Exemplary images from cytospins isolated from the peripheral blood of FACAS patients and healthy control subjects. Only single FACAS neutrophils (0.72%), but not healthy control neutrophils (0%), present with double-positive cytoplasmatic staining for FXII and MPO. Original magnification ×400, n = 3 technical replicates. c Peripheral blood mononuclear cells were isolated from healthy control subjects by density-gradient centrifugation and stimulated with increasing doses of bradykinin. IL-8 secretion was assessed by ELISA. Pooled data of n = 3 different donors, n = 2 technical replicates. The graph shows individual data points and the mean ± s.e.m. Statistical significance is indicated by one-way ANOVA with Sidak’s multiple comparisons. Source data are provided as a source data file.