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. 2021 Jan 11;45(3):945–962. doi: 10.3892/or.2021.7930

Figure 3.

Figure 3.

Impact of chemotherapy on infiltration of MC38 tumor nodules with immune cells. (A) Scheme of treatment. (B) Schemes of multiparameter flow cytometry analyses showing the method of distinguishing myeloid or lymphoid cell subpopulation in tumors dissected from MC38 tumor-bearing mice treated according to the scheme presented in A. (C) Percentage of CD45+ cells in tumor nodules. (D-G) Percentage of myeloid cell subpopulations among CD45+ cells in tumors. (H) M1/M2 ratio showing changes in polarization of tumor-infiltrating macrophages after therapy. (I-K) Percentage of DCs infiltrating into tumor tissue and expression of MHC II and CD80 molecules on the surface of DCs. (L-P) Percentage of lymphoid cell subpopulations among CD45+ cells in tumors. Results are expressed as mean ± SD (5 mice per group were analyzed from one experiment). In all presented data the differences between groups were calculated using the one-way ANOVA followed by Tukey's multiple comparison post-hoc test (*P<0.05, **P<0.01). HES, hydroxyethyl starch; MTX, methotrexate; DCs, dendritic cells; TAMs, tumor-associated macrophages; Mf, macrophages; M-MDSC, monocytic myeloid derived suppressor cells; PMN-MDSC, polymorphonuclear myeloid derived suppressor cells; Tregs, regulatory T cells; NK, natural killer; i.v., intravenously s.c., subcutaneously.