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. 2020 Dec 17;10:22190. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-79102-7

Figure 5.

Figure 5

Effect of S. cerevisiae and Selemax on the proportion of Tregs and tolerogenic DC in mesenteric lymph nodes. EAE mice received 14 oral doses of S. cerevisiae or Selemax. Total number of leukocytes present in mesenteric lymph nodes (MLN) per gram of tissue (a). Total cells from MLN were collected and analyzed by flow cytometry to establish the proportion of T helper cells (Th - CD3+CD4+) (b) and regulatory T cells (Treg - CD25+Foxp3+) (c). The proportion of T subsets was used to calculate the ratio between Treg and Th cells (d). Representative gating strategy to assess dendritic cell (DC - CD11c+MHCIIHigh) subsets in inguinal lymph nodes (e) and the mean fluorescence intensity (MFI) of PD-L1 in tolerogenic DC (CD11b-CD103+) subset (f). The proportion of CD11b+CD103- (g), CD11b+CD103+ (h) and CD11b-CD103+ (i) DC subsets in total DC. The MFI of PD-L1 was evaluated in CD103+CD11b- DC subset (j). Statistical analysis was performed by one-way ANOVA and subsequent Tukey’s test. All data were expressed as the mean ± SD and statistical differences were represented by *p < 0.05 and **p < 0.01. Two independent experiments were combined, n = 6–8 mice/group. The graphs were created using GraphPad Prism v.8.0.2, flow cytometry images were created using FlowJo 10.7.1 and image was modified with Adobe Photoshop v.22.0.0.