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. 2022 Mar 22;5:252. doi: 10.1038/s42003-022-03205-2

Fig. 8. Pre-activated intestinal intraepithelial lymphocytes (IELs) produced IFN-γ and induced antiviral pathways in virus-infected epithelial cells.

Fig. 8

a The scheme depicts that mock or whole inactivated virus (WIV) porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) pre-activated IELs were co-cultured with PEDV-infected epithelial cells for 24 h. bd The production of type I (b, c), II (d), and III IFNs (e) by IELs in the co-culture system was detected using ELISA kits. e The mRNA expression of IFN-γ in IELs was also measured via RT-qPCR. f Phosphorylation of STAT1 in the epithelial cells was analyzed by flow cytometry. g The transcription of a set of IFN stimulated genes (ISGs) in PEDV-infected epithelial cells were detected via RT-qPCR. h A similar experiment was performed as in (a), but blocking antibodies against IFN-γ were added to the medium with a certain concentration gradient. i The viral titers in the supernatant, as well as the production of viral RNA in epithelial cells from different groups were detected. All data are the mean ± SD, comparisons performed using one-way ANOVA. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01. The results are from at least three different experiments.