Figure 7.
Expression of EBI2 in lymphoma patients. (A) qPCR analysis of EBI2 transcript levels in CD10+ and CD10− cancers relative to the mean expression level of the healthy control samples. The cDNA samples in the array had been prenormalized to β-actin. The results are mean ± SEM of data from 6 to 14 samples. *P < .05 and ***P < .001 by Student t test. (B) Expression data on EBI2 expression in CLL patients compared with healthy controls. Expression data from Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) profiles reprinted from Gutierrez et al,45 Gutiérrez et al46 with permission, and Fält et al47 with permission. (C) qPCR analysis of mEBI2 transcript levels in spleen cells from young (12-15 weeks) and older, lymphoma IgH-hEBI2 mice relative to the expression of the control gene GAPDH. The results are mean ± SEM of data from 5 to 6 mice. **P < .01 by the nonparametric Mann-Whitney test. (D) qPCR analysis of hEBI2 transcript levels in spleen cells from young (12-15 weeks) and older, lymphoma IgH-hEBI2 mice relative to the expression of the control gene GAPDH. The results are mean ± SEM of data from 5 to 6 mice. ***P < .001 by the nonparametric Mann-Whitney test. (E-G) The B1a cell subsets in spleen (E), blood (F), and peritoneal cavity (G) samples from 4-day-old WT and IgH-hEBI2 mice were analyzed by FACS. The number of B1 B cells is given as percentage of total lymphocytes in the samples. The results are mean ± SEM of data from 3 to 7 mice. **P < .01 and ***P < .001 by Student t test.