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. 2020 Jul 20;30(11):1024–1042. doi: 10.1038/s41422-020-0374-x

Fig. 3. Myeloid cell clusters in NPC.

Fig. 3

a t-SNE plot of 5191 myeloid cells color-coded by their associated clusters. b t-SNE plot, color coding for the expression of the marker genes (gray to red) for the indicated cell subtype. c Heatmap of genes with differential expression (rows) among the myeloid cell subtypes. d Differences in pathway activities scored per cell by GSVA among the different myeloid cell subtypes. The scores of pathways are normalized. e Heatmap showing the activity of TFs in each myeloid cell subtypes. The TF activity is scored using AUCell. f Expression of BACH1 and RUNX1 in primary human monocytes and monocyte-derived macrophages. Data are presented as the means ± SEM of three independent experiments (n = 4). g Expression of NR1H3 and TFEC in primary human monocytes and monocyte-derived macrophages. Data represent the means ± SEM of two independent experiments (n = 4). h Primary human monocytes were transfected with negative control (NC), NR1H3-specific, or TFEC-specific siRNAs, followed by immunoblot analysis to determine protein expression of NR1H3 or TFEC. β-actin is the loading control. The experiments were repeated independently for three times with similar results. i, l Left, representative histograms of CD14 expression levels in siNC and siNR1H3 (n = 6 donors, n = 4 independent experiments) (i), and siTFEC (n = 6 donors, n = 4 independent experiments) (l) monocytes stimulated by M-CSF. Right, expression levels of CD14 in siNC and siNR1H3 (n = 6) (i), and siTFEC (n = 6) (l) monocytes stimulated by M-CSF, which was determined by FACS (MFI, mean fluorescent intensity). j, m Left, representative histograms of CD86 and HLA-DR expression levels in siNC and siNR1H3 (n = 6 donors, n = 4 independent experiments) (j), and siTFEC (n = 6 donors, n = 4 independent experiments) (m) monocytes stimulated by M-CSF. Right, expression levels of CD86 and HLA-DR in siNC and siNR1H3 (n = 6) (j), and siTFEC (n = 6) (m) monocytes stimulated by M-CSF, which was determined by FACS (MFI). k, n Kaplan–Meier curves showing progression-free survival in the 88 patients in NPC Cohort A stratified according to high vs low expression of NR1H3 (k) and TFEC (n). Cox regression HRs and 95% CIs obtained after correcting for age, sex, smoking history and disease stage are shown; the corresponding Cox regression P values are also shown. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01 (paired Student’s t-test).