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. 2022 Sep 21;13:5529. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-33230-y

Fig. 7. Wash-cKO mice present neutrophil-mediated inflammation despite neutropenia.

Fig. 7

a, b Hematologic analysis of WT and Wash-cKO (Washc1Δhaemo) mice. a White blood cells (WBC) counts. Mean ± SEM, n = 9 independent mice; ns, not significant. Two-tailed Mann-Whitney test. b Neutrophil counts in WT and Wash-cKO mice. Mean ± SEM, n = 9. *p = 0.0229. Two-tailed Mann-Whitney test. c Flow cytometry analysis of neutrophils (Ly6G+) in bone marrows from WT and Wash-cKO neutrophils. n = 3. Mean ± SEM. ****p < 0.0001. Two-tailed Student’s t-test. d CyTOF identifies similar leukocyte characteristics in WT and Wash-cKO mice. Bone marrow cells were stained with a panel of 43 surface markers and analyzed by CyTOF. Live CD45 + cells were selected for viSNE and FLOWSOM analysis. e, f Analysis of neutrophil lineage in wild-type and Wash-cKO mice. e Flow cytometry analysis of WT and Wash-cKO bone marrow neutrophil lineage maturation status. n = 4. f CyTOF analysis of wild-type and Wash-cKO bone marrows identifying distinctive neutrophil progenitor and precursor phenotypes. Bone marrow cells were stained with a panel of 43 surface markers and analyzed by CyTOF. Neutrophil lineage clusters from d were selected for viSNE and FLOWSOM analysis. n = 3. g Wash-cKO mature neutrophils show a similar developmental phenotype as in the WT mice. viSNE maps show neutrophil lineage clusters’ expression patterns of each CD marker as spectrum-colored dots. Blue = low expression. Red = high expression. n = 3. h, i Wash-cKO mice present neutrophil-mediated systemic inflammation. h Plasma levels of MMP-9 (Gelatinase granules) or MPO (myeloperoxidase, azurophilic granules) quantified by ELISA. Each symbol represents an individual mouse. n = 9. Mean ± SEM. ns, not significant. ****p < 0.0001. Two-tailed unpaired Student’s t-test. i Analysis of neutrophil infiltration into kidneys of wild-type and Wash-cKO mice measured as tissue-associated myeloperoxidase by ELISA. Each symbol represents an individual mouse. n = 6. Mean ± SEM, ****p < 0.0001. Two-tailed unpaired Student’s t-test. ns, not significant. Source data are provided as a Source Data file.