EMBO/sd-character-level-ner huggingface dataset:
(A) HeLa cells stably expressing GFP-LC3 were shifted to starvation media (HBSS or glucose-free DMEM) for 4 hr (in the presence of 200 nM Wm or 100 nM YM-201636).(B) Quantification of numbers of GFP-LC3 vesicles per cell in HeLa cells stably expressing GFP-LC3 treated as in (A) is shown in the graph (mean ± SEM).
A Hsp70 binding score as predicted by a published algorithm The score value is attributed to the center of the sequence window of 13 residues. Values below -5 are considered to be good Hsp70 binding sites. Small horizontal gray and black lines underneath the prediction curve labeled with HX to the right represent the segments protected from hydrogen exchange.
(C) Survival curves of rab-10(ok1494) animals fed either control bacteria or bacteria expressing bec-1 or vps-34 dsRNA during adulthood at 20 °C. Mean lifespan was 27.9 d for control, 19.9 d for bec-1 RNAi, and 22.1 d for vps-34 RNAi, all pair-wise comparisons to control, p < 0.0001, Log-rank (Mantel-Cox) test. This experiment was performed two times. Please see Table 3 for additional data.(D) Survival curves of N2 wild-type animals (WT) fed either control bacteria or bacteria expressing bec-1 or vps-34 dsRNA during adulthood at 20 °C. These assays were performed at the same time as the rab-10 lifespan analysis shown in Figure 5C. Mean lifespan was 22.9 d for control, 23.6 d for bec-1 RNAi, and 24.5 d for vps-34 RNAi, pair-wise comparison to control, p = 0.057 and p = 0.16, respectively, Log-rank (Mantel-Cox) test. Please see Table 1 for additional data.
(G, H) PAQR3 knockout HeLa cells were transfected with plasmids of multiple PAQR3 deletion mutants. At 24 h after the transfection, the cell lysates were used to immunoprecipitate VPS34 complex by ATG14L antibody, followed by immunoblotting. The activity of ATG14L-linked VPS34 activity was detected by a quantitative ELISA assay. The PI(3)P level was normalized to the amount of ATG14L (n = 5; **p < 0.01).
C) wound-healing migration analysis for HCC cells with treatment as indicated (n = 3 independent experiments). Data information: Graphs show mean ± s.e.m., two-tailed unpaired t-test. **P < 0.01.
(B) MG activity upon transient expression of GFP or GFP-fused PPxPxY-containing peptides. Plasmids expressing GFP fused peptides were transfected at 12.5 and 125 ng amounts. Statistical significance was calculated relative to the GFP control for each concentration. Data information: , the data represent the mean ± S.D. from one representative experiment in which each transfection condition was performed in triplicate (n=3). The experiment was reproduced in two additional, independent experiments Statistical significance was calculated using ANOVA with Tukey's multiple comparisons test. ****p<0.00005; ***p<0.0005, **p<0.005, *p<0.05.
endothelial cells were stimulated with TNF-α for 17 h prior to adding leukocytes for indicated time points followed by immunoprecipitations and immunoblots of precipitates and endothelial cell lysates (Iso = isotype control). (A) bEnd.5 cells were incubated with antigen-stimulated mouse T cells for 0-15 min.
(C) Graph showing the relative expression of miR-206-3p in MuSCs isolated as described in (A and B) and in MuSCs from muscles injected with PKH67-labeled EVs isolated from FAPs of 1.5 month old mdx mice exposed to TSA, and then transfected or not with Drosha siRNA (siRNA Drosha) (n=4). Star (*) means significance relative to MuSCs that not uptake PKH67-labled EVs, **p < 0.01. Hash (#) means significance compared to MuSCs that uptake EVs-FAPs TSA, ##p < 0.01. § indicates Anova analysis, §§p<0,01.
A. Plx1 and PP2A-B56 competes for Apc1-loop500. MBP-fused Apc1-loop500 WT or its derivatives (∆11, deletion of 11 residues including the B56-binding motif) was incubated with the 35S-labelled Flag-B56γ in anaphase extracts supplemented with non-degradable cyclin B at 23˚C for 1 h, and further incubated with indicated amounts of WT Plx1-PBD or Plx1-PBD Pincer mutant (Pin) for 15 min. The bound proteins were recovered by amylose beads, separated by SDS-PAGE and detected by autoradiography or Coomassie brilliant blue (CBB) staining.
A Impaired clearance of damaged lysosomes in cells expressing a p97 disease-mutant. Wild-type and p97R155H/+MEFs were LLOMe-treated for 1 h and released for indicated times. Percentage of cells with Gal3-positive vesicles was quantified from three independent experiments (mean ± SD, Student's unpaired t-test). Scale bar, 25 µm.
(c) Fluorescent microscopy of LC3 and Alu fused to six MS2-binding sites detected with MS2-GFP. Li's correlation coefficient of co-localization (0.0232, s.e.m. 0.048).
(E) BMDMs were pretreated with 2.5 μg/ml rRv2626c for 1 h, and stimulated with 100 ng/ml LPS for 30 min, followed by IP with αTRAF6, IB with ubiquitin, K48-linked ubiquitin, or K63-linked ubiquitin. WCLs were used for IB with αHis, αTRAF6, or αActin.
(C) α-smooth muscle actin-positive myofibroblasts (red) were stained in histology sections from infarcted hearts of WT and cfKO mice. Samples were harvested at day 7 after MI. Counter staining was performed by hematoxylin. Scale bar indicates 100μm for top and middle images, 50µm for bottom images. Error bars represent mean ± SEM. Statistical analysis was performed by Mann-Whitney test (n=16 for WT and n=14 for cfKO). (D) Representative images of Picro Sirius Red staining of infarcted heart at 7 days after MI surgery. Images were taken by standard light (top) and polarized light (bottom) microscopes. Scale bar indicates 100μm. Polarized collagen fibers were sorted to orange-red (middle) and green-yellow (bottom) fibers by Image J software. Error bars represent mean ± SEM. Statistical analysis was performed by unpaired t-test (2-tailed) (n=11 for WT and n=13 for cfKO).
IdU track lengths from U2OS cells transfected with GFP (-) or GFP-Polη-WT/S687A/S687D. >180 fibers obtained from 2 independent experiments were measured for each condition.
A FMimages of chromatin structure in the nuclei with 0 mM (left), 1 mM (center) and 5 mM MgCl2 (right). Insets show the intensity line profiles between the two marked arrow heads in the images.
B Left panel: Western blots of proteins from whole heads of w1118 and Nipped-A RNAi flies collected during LD or DD1 and probed with NIPPED-A antibody. Right panel: quantification of NIPPED-A protein levels of blots in the left panel (LD, n=3; DD1, n=5).
(a) HEK293 cells were transfected with Beclin-1, with or without UVRAG, in conjunction with ULK1 as indicated in the presence of amino acids. Lysates were immunoblotted with the indicated antibodies. A representative experiment of three repeats is shown.
Evaluation of M1 markers in macrophages following HIF1α inhibition by real-time PCR. Fold change of CD80 and CXCL9 mRNA in IL10 alone or glufosinate (10 and 20µM)- and acriflavine/glufosinate (10 and 20µM)- IL10 macrophages (n=3). Evaluation of M2 markers in macrophages following HIF1α inhibition by real-time PCR. Fold change of MRC1, MSR1, and CCL18 mRNA in IL10, glufosinate (10 and 20µM)- and acriflavine/glufosinate (10 and 20µM)- IL10 macrophages (n=3).
(h) Blocking nuclear transport does not modify P-ERK/LC3-II colocalization. IF depicting nuclear P-ERK (green)/LC3 (red) colocalization in EGF-treated NIH/3T3 cells pre-exposed or not to WGA. For (g) and (h): Scale bar, 10 μm, bars are mean±s.e.m. 50 cells from n=2. Nuclei are blue (DAPI). Arrows indicate LC3 puncta, ERK or colocalization.
A. Coronal, sagittal, and axial (clockwise from top left corner image of each genotype) MR images of Mpdz+/+ and Mpdz-/- P18-P21 mice. Ventricles are pseudo-colored in red and 3D-reconstructed in the lower left panels.
(D) Biochemical analysis of GNB2 KO cells. Cell lysates of MDA-MB-468 parental cells and three MDA-MB-468 GNB2 KO clones were probed with the indicated antibodies. Quantification of the bands was performed by ImageLite software.
Quantitative real-time PCR showing the expression of down-modulated mRNA targets upon IS formation between OT-II CD4+ T cells and DICER-KO B cells pre-activated with LPS+IL-4 Results are the means ± SEM of at least four independent experiments and are expressed as a proportion of mRNA expression in the non-OVA condition, with normalization to GAPDH.
disease.Eight adult rhesus macaques were inoculated with SARS-CoV-2 isolate nCoV-WA1-2020. After inoculation, animals were observed for disease signs and scored according to a pre-established clinical scoring sheet (a).
(H)-(J) mRNA expression of (H) U2AF1, (I) SMN2-FL, or (J) SMN2∆7 in SMA patient-derived fibroblasts (red bars) 72 hours post-transfection with SMN2 SSO, scrambled siRNA, or U2AF1 siRNA at the indicated dose. Unaffected, SMA carrier fibroblasts (blue bars) treated with scrambled siRNA. Data information: *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001; ****p < 0.0001; empirical p-values are determined by a simulation and sampling method The error bars show the Standard Error of Mean (SEM). Data represent 3 biological replicates. Three technical replicates were performed during qPCR for each biological replicate and averaged. Scrambled siRNA condition for each experiment was set to 1.
Representative images showing hematoxylin-eosin (HE) staining and ANG IHC staining in mild and severe IBD samples.
F PBL27 interacts with MAPKKK5-C6xA in yeast two-hybrid experiments. The growth of yeast colonies on plates (-ULWH) lacking uracil (U), leucine (L), tryptophan (W), and histidine (H) with 10 mM 3-AT indicated a positive interaction.
(D) Representative images of hypoxia marker pimonidazole in A375 xenografts treated as indicated. Bar graphs show the % of tumor hypoxic area in A375 and COLO205 xenografts (n=5 tumors), **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001 versus vehicle (A375: PLX4720 P = 6.94E-12; COMBO P = 3.34E-12) (COLO205: PLX4720 P = 0.0015; bevacizumab P = 0.0004; COMBO P = 0.0003).
First panel: In WT condition the lncRNA DUXAP8 is not expressed and the chromatin of Celf2a regulatory region is characterized by a permissive signature (H3K27ac and H3K4me3) that allows the expression of this factor. In the presence of Celf2a protein the ex45 is normally included in the mature form of DMD mRNA. Second panel: In GS∆44 cells the lncRNA DUXAP8 is aberrantly expressed. The chromatin of Celf2a regulatory region is marked by the repressive H3K27me3, Celf2a is not expressed and the ex45 is not included in the mature form of DMD mRNA allowing the production of an in-frame DMD transcript (∆44-∆45). Third panel: in ∆44 condition DUXAP8 is absent, Celf2a is expressed and ex45 is included in the mature form of DMD mRNA producing an out of frame transcript (∆44). Fourth panel: In ∆44 cells the depletion of Celf2a isoform is paralleled by a recovery of dystrophin protein (5%) obtained by the exclusion of ex45 from the mature DMD transcript (∆44-∆45).
(H) Experimental overview of a therapeutic B-ALL model. Replicate experiments are shown in Figure EV3 A,B.
(a) Localization using confocal microscopy of endogenous DICER (monoclonal antibody 13D6) and NDP52 in HeLa cells treated with RAP or control. The arrows highlight some examples of co-localization. The lower left insets show higher magnifications of the areas outlined in the main panel. Scale bars, 5 μm. (b) Quantification of DICER co-localization with NDP52. Total fluorescence intensity of DICER co-localized with punctae (>0.2 μm3) of NDP52 was quantified with Volocity software in RAP-treated cells/control-treated cells over several Z-stacked microscope fields per experiment (n = 4, error bars s.e.m.).
Representative curves show the lifespan of wt and gas-1(fc21) nematodes compared to (B) age-1 and age-1; gas-1 mutants animals. Average median lifespans ± SEM from all replicates indicated beneath representative curves.
(i) Quantitative real-time PCR analysis of P4-P5 retinas from Pald1+/+ and Pald1-/- pups. Ccnd1 transcript levels, normalized to Gapdh. Mean±SEM, unpaired t-test. n=10 Pald1+/+ and 14 Pald1-/- pups. Data information: *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.
A Mitochondrial membranes, isolated from cardiac tissue, were solubilized in 1% digitonin and analyzed by BN-PAGE and Western- blotting with the indicated antibodies.
(C) Left: γ-secretase inhibitors do not induce the formation of TLN accumulations. Wild-type hippocampal neurons were treated with γ-secretase inhibitors (125 nM, daily from d 7-14 post-plating), fixed, and immunostained for TLN and the percentage of neurons with TLN accumulations was scored. Culturing neurons for 25 d increases the size and number (insets), but not the frequency of TLN accumulations (mean ± SEM, n = 3, 200-700 neurons per time point). Right: Western blot showing that only APP-CTF accumulates after chronic treatment with γ-secretase inhibitors.
F. Confocal microscopic images displaying the coexpression of MAG or MBP with Phalloidin-594 (a-b and c-d, respectively) in rat primary OPC cultured in absence or in presence of 100 μM D-Asp for 4 days. (e), Single representative MBP++ cell. Scale bars: 50 μm in a-d; 10 μm in e. (f-g); Quantitative analysis of Alexa-594-phalloidin-positive oligodendrocytes (f) or MAG+ and MBP++ oligodendrocytes (g) scored in control and D-Asp exposed cells. Alexa-594-phalloidin-positive oligodendrocytes were scored in 4 categories, according to their morphological complexity. In each category, data were normalized on the total number of oligodendrocytes Data information: The values represent the means ± S.E.M. Level of significance was determined by usin F, for each category two-tailed Student's t test, *P<0.05 versus control (n=3)
(E) 2.0 x 10ˆ5 cells were seeded and challenged with 10 ng of HIV-1NL4-3 in the presence of 2 μg/mL DEAE-Dextran. Productive infection was scored by immunostaining with KC57 and flow cytometry at 48 hours post-infection. The 'Colobus native' sequence represents the full IFITM3 sequence identified in the colobus monkey. (F) As in (E), except cells were challenged with Influenza A virus H1N1 PR/8/34, (Charles River Laboratories), at a dose that resulted in ˜50% infection of control (Empty) cells (equivalent to 103 TCID50 / 0.2 mL). Infection was scored by immunostaining with an anti-IAV NP antibody and flow cytometry at 18 hours post-infection. Results are presented in a logarithmic scale. Means + SD of 3-5 experiments are shown. Unpaired t-test, *p<0.05, **p<0.005.
D, BiFC between cYFP-TSN2 and nYFP-TSN-interacting proteins in N. benthamiana leaf cells or protoplasts after HS (39ºC for 40 min). BiFC analysis of cYFP-TSN2 and nYFP-TSN-interacting proteins (TIPs) with empty vectors (EV) encoding nYFP and cYFP, respectively was used as a negative control. Only one representative example of BiFC between cYFP and nYFP-TIP is shown. Scale bars = 5 μm.
Adipose tissue weight normalized to body weight in male mice following 9 weeks of HFD feeding (n=4 per group).
(E) Model fit to the target concentration curve (mean interpolation of plasma L-carnitine over 24 hours) with standard deviation indicated in gray.
C) WT VPS15 or VPS15 with 6SA, 2SA or individual phosphoacceptors mutated to alanine were incubated in vitro with Ulk1 1-427 and analysed as in B. The Coomassie-stained gel shows VPS15 levels in assay. Mean +/-SEM, n=3.
I MOAP-1 deficiency does not alter total protein levels of p62 in the LO2 cells. Western blotting analysis of p62 protein levels in the WT, MOAP-1 KO and p62 KO LO2 cells lysed in 1x Laemmli sample buffer containing 2% SDS. Actin as loading control.
D Treatment response by therapy tier. 14 of 29 patients with molecular-based therapeutic options received the treatment.
(D) Bar plot showing the S/EGFR MFI ratio determined by flow cytometry analysis with Jurkat-S of serum samples from 30 sanitary personnel repeatedly tested as PCR negative for SARS-CoV-2 at the Ramón y Cajal Hospital of Madrid. A negative result is considered for a ratio lower than 0.5. Two clear cases of sera positive for anti-S IgG1 are indicated (RyC52 and RyC65). A borderline sample just above the threshold line (RyC58) is also indicated. Data show the mean±s.e.m. All datapoints are shown.
(F) Mitochondria were isolated from immortalized patient-derived skin fibroblasts treated with bortezomib (10 nM) for 12 h and recovered for another 6 h. Mitochondria were solubilized in digitonin buffer and analysed by 4-13 % gel BN-PAGE and Western blot. SC, supercomplexes.
D Internalization of CXCR4 with 10 nM CXCL12 alone and in the presence of 10 nM Gal-3 CRD was assessed by incubation with an APC-conjugated anti-CXCR4 antibody (baseline signal = 100%, n = 8, two technical replicates).
B, C Anti-IL-6 ELISA assay (mean ± SD) using CM or protein extracts from SOM230-treated or not CAF (from left to right: §§§P = 0.0002, §§§P = 0.0002) (B), or CM from siCTR- or si4E-BP1-transfected CAFs treated or not with SOM230 (from left to right: ***P = 0.0003, $$P = 0.004) (C) (n = 3).
C. pbl34/35/36 triple mutant displayed decreased callose depositions in response to 3-OH-C10:0 treatment. Two-week-old seedlings were sprayed with 1 μM 3-OH-C10:0. The leaves were sampled for callose deposition assays 12 hrs later. The stained callose was counted for 1 mm2 of the leaves. Mock is solvent control. Scale bar=100μm.Values are means ± SD (n=6 leaves). (Student's t-test, **P< 0.01).
the mRNA expression of HSL and ATGL n the gWAT of male OXGR1KO mice after 14-day resistance exercise (n = 4 per group).
G. Verification of the efficiency of knockout of exon 3 of NDIME in mESCs via qRT-PCR.
C Representative live-cell STED super-resolution images (t=0 s), showing WT Hela cells expressing MIC13-SNAP, from a time-series of images acquired at a time interval of 1.3 s stained with silicone-rhodamine. Box marks selection shown as a zoom in panel (D). Scale bar 500 nm. D Time-lapse image series of a mitochondrion expressing MIC13-SNAP imaged at a time interval of 1.3 s/ frame. Green and magenta asterisks show cycles of cristae merging and splitting marked by MIC13-SNAP. Green arrows pointing inward connected by solid line and magenta arrows pointing outward connected by dotted line show sites of imminent merging and splitting events, respectively. Scale bar 500 nm.
The bar graphs show the relative percentages of neurons showing PS exposure only in the soma (left) and overall PS exposure (right) (n = 30-40 cells for each group) in control and Cdc50a cKO mice.
H&amp;amp;E staining of adult head sections of (A) repo>GFP.nls and (B) repo>Shits1 at 29°C for 3 days. Lamina degeneration was identified as vacuoles in (B). Cryosection of adult (C) repo>H2B-RFP exhibited the expression of the nuclear red fluorescent protein (RFP) in the glia (epithelialglialnucleus: arrowhead) and (D) repo>Shits1 at 28°C for 12 days. Vacuoles were identified in the lamina neuropile (D). Epithelial (arrowhead) (E), marginal (arrow) and distal satellite (arrowhead) glianuclei (F) are labeled by HisCl-GAL4 and NP2109-GAL4, respectively. Note that HisCl-GAL4 is not expressed in all epithelialglia. (G, H) Weak lamina vacuolization was identified in HisCl>Shits1 (G, 0.92%) and NP2109>Shits1 (H, 1.46%) at 29°C for 14 days. (I, J) A single MARCMglia clone (GFP, green) expressed Shits1 at 21°C (I) and 29°C (J). (J) A vacuole occurred within a glial clone. DAPI (white) stains the nuclei (C, D, and G-J). (K) The percentage of the vacuole area in the lamina of the repo>Shits1flies at 28°C progressively increased. n indicated in each column. P-values were calculated using one-way ANOVA with Bonferroni's post-test. (L) When repo>Shits1flies were shifted to 28°C for 12 days and then shifted to 17°C for 9 additional days, the vacuolization was not alleviated. P-values were calculated using one-way ANOVA with Tukey's post-test. n indicated in each column.
(A-C) Numerical solution of the HPA model after a prolonged pulse of input (u=4) lasting 3 months, followed by recovery to baseline input u=1 (A). During the pulse, gland masses (B) increase over weeks, leading to exact adaptation of ACTH and CRH levels after a few weeks (C) despite the increased input level. After stress ends, gland masses adjust back over weeks. During this adjustment period, the HPA axis is dysregulated.
(G) Electron microscopic quantification of autophagy vacuole in H1299 cells transfected with the indicated shRNA in normal medium or after 3 hr HBSS starvation or treated with H2O2 (500μM). Data are presented as mean±s.e.m. from 3 independent experiments; *P < 0.05; **P < 0.01 (Student's t-test).
A Lysates of 293T cells transfected with plasmid for Flag-Beclin-1 and HA-K11-linked-Ub, together with empty vector or expression vector for Myc-USP5 or Myc-USP19 were immunoprecipitated with anti-Flag and immunoblotted with anti-HA.
Evaluation of CD69 (G) and CD25 (H) proteins, expressed as Mean Fluorescence Intensity (MFI), was determined by flow cytometry on the surface of responders CD8+ T cells (n=4).
F) Immunohistochemical stainings of cross-sectioned seminiferous tubules of SPPL2c+/+ and SPPL2c-/- mice using anti-Cab45 antibody. Stages VII/VIII are depicted. Higher magnifications are indicated with dashed lines and black arrows indicate pre-acrosomal structures. Scale bar 50 µm.
MtDNA heteroplasmy analyzed by PCR/RFLP, 24 hours post mitoTev-TALE and mitoTALEN transfection. The RFLP analysis shows increased %WT mtDNA in sorted cells when compared to the the untransfected. mitoTALEN monomers positive for both eGFP and mCherry were isolated as "Yellow". The "Black" cells represent the mitoTALEN sorted population of cells negative for eGFP and mCherry and the "GFP-+" population represents mitoTev-TALE sorted cells with low levels of eGFP fluorescence. GFP++ were cells positive for GFP after mitoTev-TALEs transfections
Densities (cells/mm2) of GFAP+Ki67+ cells in V-SVZ whole-mounts of aged mice 24h after TMZ treatment. Arrowheads point to dividing NSCs under regenerative condition. n=3, *p= 0.0321. Scale bar: 10 μm.
Tfh cell development in the spleen (SPL), mesenteric lymph nodes (MLN) and Peyer's patches (PP) of WT:Pou2af1-/- mixed bone marrow chimeras seven days after immunization with SRBC. (B) Frequencies of Pou2af1+/+ and Pou2af1-/- B220+FAS+GL7+ GC B cells.
A. Yeast strains (200 cells) containing chromosomal Flag-tagged rbd2, rbd2-G244R, rbd2-G246R or rbd2-S130A in rbd2Δ background and sre1Δ yeast were grown on rich medium in the absence or presence of cobalt chloride (CoCl2).
Phylogenetic analysis of nucleotide sequences of coronavirus. (A) Whole genome; (B) Spike gene; (C) RdRp gene.
B Expression levels of RBM15 and AS-RBM15 in different blood lineages by meta-analysis of RNA-seq data [38]: HSC (hematopoietic stem cells), MPP (multipotent progenitor cells), CMP (common myeloid progenitor cells), CLP (common lymphoid progenitor cells), GMP (Granulocyte-macrophage progenitor cells), MEP (megakaryocyte- erythrocyte progenitor cells), MK (megakaryocyte), and EB (erythroid body).
(E-F) Immunostaining of YFP and Tunel assay (E) and immunohistochemistry of YAP and TAZ (F) in Lgr5CREER/KRasG12D/P53 KO/Rosa-YFP mice and Lgr5CREER/KRasG12D/TP53/YAP TAZ triple KO/Rosa-YFP mice 3.5days after tamoxifen administration. Scale bars: 20 μm
Representative super-resolution images of TOM-20 immune-labelled mitochondria in ESCs following 48h culture in 2i/Lif/KSR media, and EpiLC-inducing conditions in the presence of 4mM dm-αKG and DMSO, respectively, are displayed. Scale bar, 3um.
Zinc levels in the serum after 7 days of 25 mM ZnSO4 supplementation to the drinking water of C57BL/6J naïve and Adx mice (D, N=3-6),
C. Predicted concentrations of TET in the cytoplasm as a function of TET concentration in the media, κ, and γ. The κ and γ values held constant in the plots are those for wild-type TetB.
Primary adult microglia were cultivated in the presence of TGF-β (50 μg/ml) and M-CSF (10 ng/ml), while neonatal cells were stimulated for 24 hours with TGF-β (50 μg/ml) followed by 6 hours stimulation with LPS (1 ng/mL) or left untreated. Expression levels of microglia homeostatic (Olfml3, Tmem119, Gpr34) and inflammatory (Il1β, Tnf, Ccl2) genes were analysed by qPCR. Bars represent mean of relative expression (Gapdh as housekeeping gene) ± SEM (**p < 0.01 by two-tailed Student's test; n=3).
(I) Hematoxylin and eosin (HE)‐stained epididymal white adipose tissue (eWAT) from 6‐mo‐old RD‐fed Con and KO mice. Quantification for cell size is shown (n=3). Scale bar, 50 μm.