Fig. 5. Effect of PDX in restoring Treg/Th17 cell balance in Nlrp3−/− CIA mice.
A–D Percentages of Th17 cells and Tregs in PDX-treated Nlrp3+/+ and Nlrp3−/− CIA mice as shown by FCM (respectively, F[6,18] = 61.58 and F[6,18] = 31.29). E Ratio of Tregs to Th17 cells in PDX-treated Nlrp3+/+ and Nlrp3−/− CIA mice (F[6,18] = 31.70). F mRNA expression of RORγ and FOXP3, and FOXP3/RORγ ratio, in lymphocytes from PDX-treated Nlrp3+/+ and Nlrp3−/− CIA mouse lymph nodes as shown by RT-qPCR (F[6,18] = 13.62 for RORγ, F[6,18] = 9.584 for FOXP3 and F[6,18] = 37.08 for FOXP3/RORγ). Data were presented as means ± SD. Differences among the three groups were assessed by one-way ANOVA, and post hoc tests (Tukey’s method) were applied to investigate the differences one by one.