Fig. 4.
The up-regulated gene signature of CCR6+ cells in nonresponders but not responders is enriched in pathogenic Th17 cells. (A) The numbers of up-regulated and down-regulated DE genes in stimulated CCR6+ cells from nonresponder vs. healthy control comparison and responder vs. healthy control comparison (unpaired two-tailed Student’s t test, P < 0.05, FC ≥ 1.5) (nCounter). (B) Venn Diagram representations of the numbers of overlapped DE genes from the comparisons in A. (C) GSEA: enrichment of the up-regulated gene set of nonresponder vs. HC comparison in TGF-β3/IL-6 (Left) or IL-1/IL-6/IL-23 (Right) induced mouse pathogenic Th17 cells. (D) Venn diagram representations of leading-edge genes (enriched signature genes) in C: TGF-β3, genes enriched in TGF-β3/IL-6–induced Th17 cells; IL-1/6/23, genes enriched in the IL-1/IL-6/IL-23–induced Th17 cells. (NRes, nonresponder; Res, responder; HC, healthy donor; NES, normalized enrichment score).