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. 2021 May 5;12:2538. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-22764-2

Fig. 5. IL-13 drives the crosstalk between ILC2s and cancer cells.

Fig. 5

a Representative example of flow cytometry analysis of ILC2-derived IL-13 upon co-culture with SW1116 CRC cells. b Frequencies of IL-13 and IL-5 positive ILC2s with T0070907 upon co-culture with SW1116 CRC cells ((Medium (open circle) Medium + SW1116 (open red circle) Medium + T0070907 + SW1116 (open blue circle)) (Medium n = 6, Medium+SW1116 n = 8, Medium + T0070907 + SW1116 n = 8; Medium vs Medium + SW1116 *P = 0.0313, Medium + SW1116 vs Medium + T0070907 + SW1116 *P = 0.0103). c Expression of IL-33 assessed by qPCR analysis in SW1116 CRC cells upon co-culture with ILC2s (SW1116 CTR (open circle) SW1116 + ILC2 (open red circle) SW1116 + ILC2 + T0070907 (open blue circle) (n = 3; *P = 0.0419). d Representative example of a wound healing assay (×20 magnification; Scale bar: 50 µm) performed using SW1116 CRC cells (CTR (open circle)) after incubation with ILC2 (open red circle) or ILC2 + T0070907 conditioned medium (CM) (open blue circle). e Quantification of the healed wound area at 24, 48, and 72 h (n = 5; **P = 0.0078, *P = 0.0493). f Representative example and quantification of clonogenic assays performed using SW1116 CRC cells (open circle) after incubation with ILC2 CM (open red circle), ILC2 + T0070907 CM (open blue circle) or ILC2 CM + anti-IL-13 blocking antibody (open green circle) for 14 days (SW1116 CTR n = 6, ILC2 CM and ILC2 + T0070907 CM n = 8, ILC2 CM + anti-IL13 n = 3; ***P = 0.0002, **P = 0.0085, *P = 0.0497). g Expression of MMP9 (left) and N-cadherin (right) assessed by qPCR analysis in SW1116 CRC cells (open circle) upon incubation with ILC2 CM (open red circle), ILC2 + T0070907 CM (open blue circle) or ILC2 CM + anti-IL-13 blocking antibody (open green circle) (SW1116 CTR, ILC2 CM, ILC2 + T0070907 CM n = 6, ILC2 CM + anti-IL13 n = 5; MMP9 SW1116 CTR vs ILC2 CM **P = 0.0035, ILC2 CM vs ILC2 + T0070907 CM *P = 0.0425, ILC2 CM vs ILC2 CM + anti-IL13 *P = 0.0152; NCAD SW1116 CTR vs ILC2 CM ****P < 0.0001, ILC2 CM vs ILC2 + T0070907 CM **P = 0.0041, ILC2 CM vs ILC2 CM + anti-IL13 ***P = 0.0002). Each symbol represents one individual donor or sample. Data are shown as mean ± SEM and were analyzed by one- (c, f, g) or two-way (b, e) ANOVA tests. Source data are provided as a Source data file.